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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-91962

medium Nessus Plugin ID 345994

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.

 - FreeRDP before 3.31.0 contains an integer overflow in the audin Apple backends when processing FramesPerPacket values from MSG_SNDIN_OPEN messages. Attackers can supply crafted FramesPerPacket values that cause AudioQueueAllocateBuffer size computation to wrap, resulting in undersized buffer allocation and potential out-of-bounds access. (CVE-2026-91962)

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-2026-91962

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-91962

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 345994

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_91962.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/15/2026

Updated: 9/15/2026

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

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-2026-91962

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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: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:freerdp-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwinpr-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwinpr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freerdp2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freerdp3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr

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-2026-91962