Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-59272

medium Nessus Plugin ID 342693

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.

- Any application shipping logs to RabbitMQ over TLS via the Log4j2 appender, relying on the documented default, is exposed to man-in-the-middle interception of every log event. Spring AMQP 4.1.0 Spring AMQP 4.0.0 - 4.0.4 Spring AMQP 3.2.0 - 3.2.12 Spring AMQP 2.4.18 and earlier (CVE-2026-59272)

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-2026-59272

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 342693

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_59272.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/3/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.46

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59272

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:apache-commons-logging-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:apache-commons-logging, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libradospp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-jackson2-provider, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy-servlet-initializer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-resteasy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-logging-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apache-commons-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libradospp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-jackson2-provider, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy-servlet-initializer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-resteasy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy

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-2026-59272