Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-77014

critical Nessus Plugin ID 338301

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 libsoup's SoupServer HTTP Range header processing. The sort_ranges() comparator in soup-message-headers.c truncates a 64-bit subtraction result to 32-bit int, flipping the sign for range offsets differing by more than INT_MAX. This causes silent omission of requested byte ranges from HTTP 206 Partial Content responses on resources larger than approximately 2 GB. (CVE-2026-77014)

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-2026-77014

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 338301

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_77014.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/20/2026

Updated: 8/20/2026

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-77014

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnome-clocks, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup3-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsoup, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-clocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman

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-2026-77014