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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-76561

high Nessus Plugin ID 343834

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 Dogtag PKI, as used by FreeIPA's certificate authority component. The certificate profile import functionality does not fully validate uploaded profile content beyond the profile ID. An authenticated user with CA Administrator privileges can exploit Dogtag's ExternalProcessConstraint mechanism to execute arbitrary commands with attacker-controlled environment variables, achieving code execution as the pkiuser account. (CVE-2026-76561)

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-2026-76561

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343834

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_76561.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/8/2026

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: 58.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:dogtag-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-ldapjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-ldapjdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-est, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-tomcatjss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jss-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ldapjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ldapjdk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:resteasy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcatjss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dogtag-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-ldapjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-ldapjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-est, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-tomcatjss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jss-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ldapjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ldapjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resteasy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcatjss

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: 9/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76561