Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-55995

high Nessus Plugin ID 330681

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 Double Free vulnerability in open-iscsi allows an unauthenticated MITM attacker to cause DoS. This issue affects open-iscsi: from ? through 56718d4e9d1a4f51c30697b5c0534144bb41c9bb. (CVE-2026-55995)

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-2026-55995

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55995

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330681

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_55995.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 7/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55995

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:centos:centos:isns-utils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:isns-utils-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:isns-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:open-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:isns-utils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:isns-utils-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:isns-utils

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: 7/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55995