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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80212

high Nessus Plugin ID 342141

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.

 - An issue was discovered in the resolv gem before 0.7.2 for Ruby. Resolv::DNS::Resource.get_class, Resolv::DNS::Resource::Generic.create, and Resolv::DNS::SvcParam::Generic.create generate a new class for each unknown DNS resource record (type, class) pair, or each unknown SvcParamKey, encountered while decoding a response. Each generated class was permanently registered both as a constant on Resource (or SvcParam::Generic) and as an entry in a class-lookup hash (ClassHash), and thus the class remained reachable through that constant after the response was discarded. Type and class are each 16-bit values, and thus an attacker controlling DNS responses (a spoofed response, or a malicious or hijacked upstream DNS server) has roughly 2^32 distinct (type, class) pairs to choose from. A single response of a few hundred kilobytes carrying tens of thousands of distinct unknown types permanently grows process memory by tens of megabytes; repeated responses accumulate without bound and are never reclaimed by garbage collection, because the constant keeps each class alive. Any code path that calls Resolv::DNS::Message.decode on attacker-influenced DNS responses is affected. resolv is a default gem, and thus this is reachable from a plain Ruby installation without any additional dependency. (CVE-2026-80212)

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-2026-80212

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 342141

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_80212.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/1/2026

Updated: 9/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-80212

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-bundled-gems, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-default-gems, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby4.0-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby4.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby4.0-rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby4.0-rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby4.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-bson-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-bundler-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-mongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-mongo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-racc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rbs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rexml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-typeprof, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-bundled-gems, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-default-gems, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby4.0-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby4.0-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby4.0-rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby4.0-rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby4.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-bson-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-bundler-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-mongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-mongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-racc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rbs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rexml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-typeprof, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems

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: 8/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-80212