Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-45736

high Nessus Plugin ID 315010

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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.

- ws is an open source WebSocket client and server for Node.js. Prior to 8.20.1, the websocket.close() implementation is vulnerable to uninitialized memory disclosure when a TypedArray is passed as the reason argument. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.20.1. (CVE-2026-45736)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 315010

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_45736.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/16/2026

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: 3

Percentile: 23.72

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libradospp-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-pcp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-ws, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-pcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libradospp-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-ws, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-45736

Detections

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