Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-12590

medium Nessus Plugin ID 326077

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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.

- Impact: In body-parser versions prior to 1.20.6 (1.x line) and 2.3.0 (2.x line), when the parser is configured with an invalid limit option value such as an unparseable string or NaN, bytes.parse returns null and the request body size check is silently skipped. Applications that rely on limit as their primary safeguard against oversized request bodies will accept arbitrarily large payloads, leading to excessive memory and CPU usage and denial of service. Patches: This issue is fixed in body-parser 1.20.6 and 2.3.0.
After the fix, invalid limit values throw a clear error at parser construction time instead of silently disabling enforcement, while null and undefined continue to fall back to the default limit of 100kb.
Workarounds: Validate the limit value before passing it to body-parser. For example, parse the value at startup and reject any configuration where the result is null or a non-finite number. (CVE-2026-12590)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 326077

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_12590.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/10/2026

Updated: 7/30/2026

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.74

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12590

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-body-parser, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cldr-emoji-annotation, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet5.0-build-reference-packages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:linux-sgx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pcs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-mpa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pccs-admin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pccs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pckid-tool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tdx-qgs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-body-parser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cldr-emoji-annotation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet5.0-build-reference-packages, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:linux-sgx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-mpa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pccs-admin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pccs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pckid-tool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tdx-qgs

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: 7/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12590

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