Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-56864

high Nessus Plugin ID 335380

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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.

- A malicious GOSUMDB was capable of serving arbitrary module content not contained within the transparency log. This attack allows for a coordinating GOPROXY and GOSUMDB to serve a client malicious module content that cannot be detected by evaluating the transparency log. In order to determine if you have been affected: rm -r go.sum go.work.sum vendor/ && go mod tidy (CVE-2026-56864)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 335380

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_56864.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/14/2026

Updated: 9/2/2026

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: 23.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56864

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, 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:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.20, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.21, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.22, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.23, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.25, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.19, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-1.25

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56864

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