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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-59084

critical Nessus Plugin ID 327132

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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.

 - Insufficient Technical Documentation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat since the requirements to securely configure the EncryptInterceptor were not clearly documented. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.23, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.56, from 9.0.13 through 9.0.119, from 8.5.38 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.100 through 7.0.109. Other versions that have reached end of support may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.24, 10.1.57 or 9.0.120 which fix the issue.
 (CVE-2026-59084)

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-2026-59084

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-59084

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-59084

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 327132

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_59084.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/16/2026

Updated: 7/29/2026

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.62

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-2026-59084

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, 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:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat

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: 7/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59084