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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-6726

high Nessus Plugin ID 335263

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.

 - An information leakage vulnerability was reported in the TCG TPM 2.0 reference code that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to obtain a credential from a TPM-aware CA for a falsified TPM key (such as an Attestation Key, DevID Key or TLS authentication key) and falsify other TPM 2.0 attestations with this key. See also TCG VRT0010. (CVE-2026-6726)

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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6726

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 335263

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_6726.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

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: 4.8

Percentile: 57.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6726

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtpms

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: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6726