Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-54516

medium Nessus Plugin ID 322449

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.

- jackson-databind contains the general-purpose data-binding functionality and tree-model for Jackson Data Processor. From 2.21.0 until 2.21.4 and 3.1.4, POJOPropertiesCollector._renameProperties() allows a property with @JsonProperty(renamed) on the getter and @JsonIgnore on the setter to be renamed rather than dropped. With MapperFeature.INFER_PROPERTY_MUTATORS enabled (default), the private backing field is retained; during deserialization BeanDeserializerFactory.addBeanProps() sees hasField()==true, builds a FieldProperty, and makes the backing field writable. An attacker supplying the renamed JSON key writes the backing field directly, bypassing the @JsonIgnore on the setter. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.4.
(CVE-2026-54516)

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-2026-54516

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-54516

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-54516

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 322449

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_54516.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/24/2026

Updated: 7/13/2026

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-base, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-ca, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jackson-databind, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jackson-databind, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jackson-databind, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-jackson-databind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jackson-databind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jackson-databind-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-jackson-databind, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jackson-databind-javadoc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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: 6/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54516