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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-11623

critical Nessus Plugin ID 320108

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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.

 - A security vulnerability has been detected in tmux up to 3.6a. Affected is the function image_free of the file image.c. Such manipulation leads to use after free. Local access is required to approach this attack.
 This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.7-rc is able to address this issue.
 The name of the patch is fc6d94a9f8a593bd8b7031650802084385d4ee03. The affected component should be upgraded. (CVE-2026-11623)

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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-11623

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 320108

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_11623.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/9/2026

Updated: 7/16/2026

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.53

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-11623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

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:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tmux, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tmux, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-11623