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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-55830

high Nessus Plugin ID 348338

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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.

 - RestrictedPython is a tool that helps to define a subset of the Python language which allows to provide a program input into a trusted environment. Prior to 8.3, check_function_argument_names() rejected protected guard hook names for regular, variadic, and keyword-only arguments but omitted positional-only arguments, allowing __getattr__, _getitem_, _write_, or _print_ to be shadowed by a local parameter and bypass the embedding application's access policy. This issue is fixed in version 8.3. (CVE-2026-55830)

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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55830

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-55830

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348338

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_55830.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/20/2026

Updated: 9/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55830

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

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:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:restrictedpython, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:restrictedpython

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55830