Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-17495

medium Nessus Plugin ID 345872

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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.

- moment is a JavaScript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates. In versions 2.29.2 through 2.30.1, a specially crafted non-string object passed to moment.locale() can bypass the locale-name path-traversal guard. The guard assumes the input is a string, so an object whose match() method satisfies the check while its toString() returns a traversal path reaches an internal require() call with attacker-controlled path segments. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-24785 and primarily affects npm (server-side) users that pass user-provided input directly to moment.locale(). The issue is fixed in moment 2.31.0, and users should upgrade to 2.31.0 or later. As a workaround, validate that any user-supplied input is a string before passing it to moment.locale(). (CVE-2026-17495)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 345872

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_17495.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/15/2026

Updated: 9/16/2026

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

Percentile: 23.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-17495

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, 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, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-moment, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-xstatic-moment, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-dashboard, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-machines, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-pcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-session-recording, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-storaged, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-pcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:linux-sgx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-syspurpose, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rhsm-gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rhsm-icons, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-mpa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pccs-admin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pccs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sgx-pckid-tool, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-cockpit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-migration, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-plugin-container, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-plugin-ostree, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager-rhsm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:subscription-manager, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tdx-qgs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-moment, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-composer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-dashboard, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-machines, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-pcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-session-recording, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-storaged, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-pcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:linux-sgx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-syspurpose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhsm-gtk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhsm-icons, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-mpa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pccs-admin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pccs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sgx-pckid-tool, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-cockpit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-migration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-plugin-container, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-plugin-ostree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-rhsm-certificates, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager-rhsm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:subscription-manager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tdx-qgs

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: 9/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-17495

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