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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-69152

high Nessus Plugin ID 331792

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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.

 - The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to 1.1.18, 2.1.4, 3.0.6, and 5.0.9, expand() does not apply maxLength while constructing comma-alternative intermediate arrays or padded sequences, allowing attacker-controlled input to exhaust memory or block the event loop. The fix for CVE-2026-14257 is bypassed by the vulnerability. This issue is fixed in versions 1.1.18, 2.1.4, 3.0.6, and 5.0.9. (CVE-2026-69152)

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-2026-69152

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-69152

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331792

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_69152.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/3/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-69152

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

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: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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-brace-expansion, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-syspurpose, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rhsm-gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-cockpit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-migration, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-plugin-container, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-plugin-ostree, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-rhsm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:v8-13.6-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-syspurpose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhsm-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-cockpit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-migration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-plugin-container, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-plugin-ostree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-rhsm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-12.4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:v8-13.6-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-69152