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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-79020

high Nessus Plugin ID 339917

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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.

 - Out of bounds read in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to potentially read memory inside the sandbox via a crafted media file. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2026-79020)

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-2026-79020

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-79020

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 339917

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_79020.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/26/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.47

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-79020

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-jsc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkit2gtk3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chromium, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4

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: 8/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-79020