Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-11861

critical Nessus Plugin ID 338248

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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 flaw was found in FreeIPA. When a trust relationship is configured between FreeIPA and Active Directory, Active Directory users can bypass authentication for FreeIPA services, including the portal, SMB server, and LDAP directory. This is possible by impersonating a client name in the Ticket Granting Service (TGS) due to FreeIPA services not verifying Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) certificates. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated Active Directory user to escalate their privileges within the FreeIPA domain. (CVE-2026-11861)

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: Critical

ID: 338248

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_11861.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/20/2026

Updated: 8/22/2026

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: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.83

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-11861

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, 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:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freeipa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-epn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-samba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-selinux-luna, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-selinux-nfast, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipatests, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freeipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-epn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-samba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-selinux-luna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-selinux-nfast, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipatests

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: 8/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-11861

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