The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - net: txgbe: fix heap overflow when reading module EEPROM txgbe_read_eeprom_hostif() always copies     round_up(length, 4) bytes into the caller buffer, which ethtool allocates with exactly 'length' bytes. A     non-4-aligned length therefore causes an out-of-bounds write. Copy only the remaining bytes on the final     dword instead. (CVE-2026-68440)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-68440

high Nessus Plugin ID 335308

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Version 1.3 Aug 15, 2026, 1:04 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202608150104
Version 1.2 Aug 14, 2026, 5:17 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-68440, severity increased from "Low" to "Medium") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202608141717
Version 1.1 Aug 14, 2026, 7:05 AM New Plugin Feed: 202608140705