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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-17695

critical Nessus Plugin ID 331134

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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.

 - Inappropriate implementation in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
 High) (CVE-2026-17695)

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-2026-17695

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 331134

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_17695.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/30/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.24

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-17695

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4

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-2026-17695