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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-85197

high Nessus Plugin ID 342793

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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.

 - A flaw was found in libsoup. A malicious HTTP/2 server or a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacker can exploit a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the HTTP/2 client implementation. This occurs when a GNOME application uploads a file using HTTP/2, and the server sends a GOAWAY frame while the file body is being read asynchronously. This can lead to memory corruption, potentially resulting in information disclosure or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-85197)

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-2026-85197

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-85197

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 342793

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_85197.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/4/2026

Updated: 9/5/2026

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: 3.9

Percentile: 52.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-85197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsoup2.4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsoup3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsoup3

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: 9/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-85197