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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8916

medium Nessus Plugin ID 318728

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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.

 - Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Samsung Open Source rlottie allows Overflow Buffers. This issue affects rlottie: before dcfde72eae1b0464dc0dd760aec00ada6a148635. (CVE-2026-8916)

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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-8916

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 318728

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_8916.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/4/2026

Updated: 8/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rlottie

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: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8916