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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-50243
medium Nessus Plugin ID 329571
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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.- In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.6.2 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with the 'respip' module in front of the validator together with a 'response-ip' redirect rule or an RPZ file with an RPZ-IP trigger, the rewriting handler does not check the security status of the upstream answer and can instead rewrite a BOGUS A/AAAA answer to point to an operator's configured IP. If the validator finds an expired or otherwise invalid RRSIG on an answer whose A record falls within a 'response-ip'/RPZ configuration, the answer is still rewritten and given a hard coded security level of INSECURE. This results in the client receiving an INSECURE NOERROR reply rewritten by the operator's configured IP. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by spoofing a BOGUS A/AAAA answer that falls inside the operator's configured subnet rewrites. Such DNSSEC protected answers are then insecurely redirected to the operator's configured target. (CVE-2026-50243)
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-2026-50243
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 329571
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_50243.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 7/25/2026
Updated: 9/3/2026
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: 1.2
Percentile: 0.01
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 2.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-50243
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Threat Score: 1.7
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
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:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-unbound, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unbound-anchor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unbound-dracut, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unbound-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unbound-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unbound-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:unbound, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:unbound, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-unbound, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-anchor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-dracut, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unbound
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: 7/22/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-50243