Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-36189

medium Nessus Plugin ID 316607

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.

- Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Uncrustify Project Affected v.Uncrustify_d-0.82.0-132-bcc41cbdc and Fixed in commit 68e67b9a1435a1bb173b106fedb4a4f510972bdc allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the check_template.cpp, check_template function, tokenize_cleanup function, uncrustify executable components (CVE-2026-36189)

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: Medium

ID: 316607

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_36189.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/25/2026

Updated: 5/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-36189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uncrustify

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-36189

Detections

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