Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-100694)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 336827

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-100694 advisory.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: xtables: restrict several matches to inet family

This is a partial revert of:

commit ab4f21e6fb1c (netfilter: xtables: use NFPROTO_UNSPEC in more extensions)

to allow ipv4 and ipv6 only.

- xt_mac
- xt_owner
- xt_physdev

These extensions are not used by ebtables in userspace.

Moreover, xt_realm is only for ipv4, since dst->tclassid is ipv4 specific.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53001

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a3bb171

http://www.nessus.org/u?9cf303fb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 336827

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2026-100694.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/17/2026

Updated: 8/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.77

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53001

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53001