Debian dsa-6315 : cyborg-agent - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 318079

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6315 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6315-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff May 31, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : cyborg CVE ID : CVE-2026-40213 CVE-2026-40214

Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cyborg, the OpenStack component for management of hardware accelerators, which could result in incomplete access controls.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 14.0.0-3+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cyborg packages.

For the detailed security status of cyborg please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cyborg

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the cyborg-agent packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cyborg

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40213

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40214

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/cyborg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 318079

File Name: debian_DSA-6315.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40214

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40213

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyborg-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyborg-conductor, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyborg-agent, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-cyborg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyborg-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyborg-api, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40213, CVE-2026-40214