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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-53002

critical Nessus Plugin ID 322655

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.

 - netfilter: conntrack: remove sprintf usage Replace it with scnprintf, the buffer sizes are expected to be large enough to hold the result, no need for snprintf+overflow check. Increase buffer size in mangle_content_len() while at it. BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in vsnprintf+0xea5/0x1270 Write of size 1 at addr [..] vsnprintf+0xea5/0x1270 sprintf+0xb1/0xe0 mangle_content_len+0x1ac/0x280 nf_nat_sdp_session+0x1cc/0x240 process_sdp+0x8f8/0xb80 process_invite_request+0x108/0x2b0 process_sip_msg+0x5da/0xf50 sip_help_tcp+0x45e/0x780 nf_confirm+0x34d/0x990 [..] (CVE-2026-53002)

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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-53002

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 322655

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_53002.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/25/2026

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2026-53002

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:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53002