Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-12080

high Nessus Plugin ID 327993

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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.

- A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent (qga). A local unprivileged user can exploit a vulnerability in the guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys command handler by manipulating symbolic links. This can occur either through a deterministic directory-symlink bypass or a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) file-symlink race. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to gain ownership of arbitrary root-owned files or directories, leading to root access. This vulnerability requires an external management layer (e.g., libvirt) to trigger the affected code path. (CVE-2026-12080)

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: High

ID: 327993

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_12080.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/20/2026

Updated: 7/26/2026

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: 58.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12080

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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: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:qemu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qemu-pr-helper, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:qemu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-guest-agent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-audio-pa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-blkio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-gluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-rbd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-block-ssh, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga-gl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-opengl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm-ui-spice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-kvm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qemu-pr-helper

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: 7/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12080

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