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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-60589

low Nessus Plugin ID 337966

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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.

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Security). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u501, 11.0.32, 17.0.20, 21.0.12, 25.0.4, 26.0.2; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.20 and 21.0.12; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.19. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note:
 This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service.
 (CVE-2026-60589)

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-2026-60589

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-60589

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-60589

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 337966

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_60589.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/19/2026

Updated: 8/27/2026

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-60589

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17-crac, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-21-crac, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-21, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-25, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openjdk-25, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-demo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-1.8.0-ibm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-jmods, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:java-21-ibm-semeru-certified-jdk

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: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-60589