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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-45205

medium Nessus Plugin ID 314760

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in Apache Commons. When processing an untrusted configuration file, Commons Configuration will throw a StackOverflowError for YAML input with cycles. This issue affects Apache Commons: from 2.2 before 2.15.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.15.0, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-45205)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-45205

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45205

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45205

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 314760

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_45205.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/14/2026

Updated: 7/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45205

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:maven-assembly-plugin-javadoc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-client-ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-configuration-javadoc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-server-ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-store, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-ssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-configuration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-rdma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-server-rdma, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-qpid-qmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:maven-assembly-plugin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:commons-configuration2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-client-devel-docs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-rdma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apache-commons-configuration-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-qpid-qmf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:maven-assembly-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-client-rdma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-qmf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:commons-configuration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apache-commons-configuration, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-qpid-qmf, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:commons-configuration2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-server-store, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-ssl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-server-cluster, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-server-cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:maven-assembly-plugin-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-cpp-client-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-server-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-cpp-client-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-qmf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-qpid-qmf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qpid-qmf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qpid-qmf

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-45205