Amazon Linux 2 : cni-plugins, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3386 (ALAS-2026-3386)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 322082

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of cni-plugins installed on the remote host is prior to 1.7.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3386 advisory.

Parsing arbitrary HTML can consume excessive CPU time, possibly leading to denial of service.
(CVE-2026-25680)

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

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

Solution

Run 'yum update cni-plugins' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3386' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 322082

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3386.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/22/2026

Updated: 6/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25680

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cni-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cni-plugins

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25680

IAVB: 2026-B-0120

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