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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-55857

medium Nessus Plugin ID 342542

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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.

 - MariaDB Connector/J is used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases.
 Prior to 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9, PAM dialog authentication can be coerced into transmitting the account password over an insecure connection. The mysql_clear_password plugin is gated behind a secure transport, but the sibling PAM handler SendPamAuthPacketFactory, named dialog by the server, does not declare that requirement and inherits the default secure-required value false; older branches implement the same affected behavior in SendPamAuthPacket. A hostile or man-in-the-middle server can send an Authentication Switch Request for dialog over plain TCP, causing the driver to return the user's password in cleartext when sslMode=DISABLE and restrictedAuth=null, which is the default configuration. Properly verified TLS and local Unix sockets are not exposed to this transport vector. This issue is fixed in versions 2.7.14, 3.3.5, 3.4.3, and 3.5.9. (CVE-2026-55857)

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-2026-55857

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 342542

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_55857.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/3/2026

Updated: 9/4/2026

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55857

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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:galera, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:judy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-backup, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-embedded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-java-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-pam, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-server-galera, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mariadb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:galera, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:judy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-backup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-java-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-pam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-galera, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mariadb

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: 8/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55857