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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-76178

critical Nessus Plugin ID 342839

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 stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the notification template functionality of the endpoint /ocsreports/?function=notification. A user with administrator privileges can input malicious HTML content which is subsequently stored and displayed without proper sanitisation when other administrators access the template customisation view, allowing JavaScript code to be executed within the application's security context and potentially compromising the sessions of other users with administrative privileges.
 (CVE-2026-76178)

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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-76178

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-76178

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 342839

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_76178.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: 2.3

Percentile: 9.84

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ocsinventory-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ocsinventory-server

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: 9/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76178