Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-15719

medium Nessus Plugin ID 327166

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.

- We are aware that exploit code for this is public however we are not aware of any attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152.0.6, Firefox ESR 115.38, Firefox ESR 140.13, and Thunderbird 140.13. (CVE-2026-15719)

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-2026-15719

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-15719

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-15719

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 327166

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_15719.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/16/2026

Updated: 8/4/2026

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: 4.9

Percentile: 58.13

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15719

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:centos:centos:7, 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:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs102, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs115, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs38, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs52, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs68, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs78, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs91, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15719