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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-59999

medium Nessus Plugin ID 325682

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.

 - In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4, DisableForwarding=yes was supposed to take precedence over PermitTunnel=yes, but did not. (CVE-2026-59999)

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-2026-59999

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-59999

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 325682

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_59999.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/8/2026

Updated: 7/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-cavs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-ldap, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-server-sysvinit, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-keysign, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-keysign, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-clients, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pam_ssh_agent_auth, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssh-cavs

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: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59999