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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-76578

critical Nessus Plugin ID 343451

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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.

 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - ipa: freeipa: FreeIPA: unauthenticated LDAP client can obtain administrator credentials via the self-managed-token ACI (CVE-2026-76578)

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-2026-76578

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 343451

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_76578.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/7/2026

Updated: 9/8/2026

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.23

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76578

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-epn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client-samba, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-selinux-luna, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-selinux-nfast, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-ipatests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-epn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-samba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-selinux-luna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-selinux-nfast, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-encrypted-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipatests

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76578