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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-71614

medium Nessus Plugin ID 344729

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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.

 - An issue in GPAC c2dee3aff638cd96f9617ac5b17dc2868cd90ef3 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via the src/media_tools/dvb_mpe.c, descriptorTime_slice_fec_identifier() and gf_m2ts_ipdatagram_reader() components. Fixed in 0e4093392e1f847c90d20e031e893cd942fef938. (CVE-2026-71614)

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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-71614

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 344729

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_71614.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/11/2026

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: 58.18

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, 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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpac

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: 9/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-71614