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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-48618
medium Nessus Plugin ID 321728
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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 flaw in Node.js TLS hostname handling can cause Node.js unicode dot separator handling can lead to tls wildcard-depth authentication bypass due to resolver and verifier hostname normalization mismat. This can lead to confidentiality impact or bypass of the intended security boundary under affected configurations.
This vulnerability affects all supported release lines: **Node.js 22**, **Node.js 24**, and **Node.js 26**. (CVE-2026-48618)
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-2026-48618
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 321728
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_48618.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 6/20/2026
Updated: 7/10/2026
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: Medium
Score: 5
Percentile: 94.14
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48618
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-full-i18n, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-13.6-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-12.4-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-13.6-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging-bundler, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-libs
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: 6/18/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-48618