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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-15059

medium Nessus Plugin ID 337460

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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.

 - Local unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary local processes via a systemd-oomd IPC API due to a missing path traversal validation. (CVE-2026-15059)

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-2026-15059

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-15059

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 337460

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_15059.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/18/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15059

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhel-net-naming-sysattrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-boot-unsigned, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-container, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-journal-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-oomd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-pam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-resolved, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-udev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-ukify, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd

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: 8/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15059