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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-91101

medium Nessus Plugin ID 346957

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.

 - HP has identified and remediated multiple externally reported vulnerabilities within HPLIP. The findings affect several software components that could potentially enable remote code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, information disclosure, or unauthorized file modification under certain conditions. (CVE-2026-91101)

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-2026-91101

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-91101

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 346957

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_91101.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/17/2026

Updated: 9/18/2026

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: 58.22

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-2026-91101

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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: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:centos:centos:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsane-hpaio, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsane-hpaio

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: 9/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-91101