The remote Ubuntu 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8660-1 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - x86 architecture;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Network traffic control;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Netfilter;

    - Open vSwitch;

    - RxRPC session sockets;

    - SCTP protocol; (CVE-2026-46331, CVE-2026-52924, CVE-2026-53131, CVE-2026-53151, CVE-2026-53175,     CVE-2026-53176, CVE-2026-53186, CVE-2026-53212, CVE-2026-53215, CVE-2026-53216, CVE-2026-53221,     CVE-2026-53224, CVE-2026-53225, CVE-2026-53228, CVE-2026-53246, CVE-2026-53247, CVE-2026-53260,     CVE-2026-53359, CVE-2026-64531)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8660-1)

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Version 1.2 Sep 23, 2026, 8:20 AM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202609230820
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