Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-74970

medium Nessus Plugin ID 338134

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.

- Site isolation issue in the Graphics component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1. (CVE-2026-74970)

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: Medium

ID: 338134

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_74970.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/19/2026

Updated: 8/19/2026

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: 2.1

Percentile: 7.91

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-74970

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs102, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs115, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs38, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs52, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs68, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs78, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozjs91, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:thunderbird

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-74970

Detections

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