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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-46448
high Nessus Plugin ID 321286
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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.- In OpenStack Nova before 33.0.2, the server create API does not strip certain hint data. The resulting instance has no Placement allocation. (CVE-2026-46448)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 321286
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_46448.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 6/17/2026
Updated: 7/3/2026
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: 3.9
Percentile: 52.76
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46448
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.5
Temporal Score: 8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nova, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nova, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-46448