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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current haveged Vulnerability (SSA:2026-139-01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 315521

Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to haveged.

Description

The version of haveged installed on the remote host is prior to 1.9.21. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2026-139-01 advisory.

 New haveged packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the haveged security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the affected haveged package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8852f851

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 315521

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2026-139-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/19/2026

Updated: 5/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41054

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:haveged, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41054