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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-60002

critical Nessus Plugin ID 325636

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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.

 - ssh in OpenSSH before 10.4 can have a use-after-free when a server changes its host key during a key re- exchange. (This outcome occurs only on the client side.) (CVE-2026-60002)

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-2026-60002

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-60002

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-60002

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 325636

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_60002.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/8/2026

Updated: 7/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-60002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-ssh1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-keysign, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-server-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pam_ssh_agent_auth, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-keysign, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth

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: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-60002