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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-96883

high Nessus Plugin ID 350401

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.

 - pgcollection is an open source extension to PostgreSQL. A type confusion issue in AWS pgcollection 2.0.0 through 2.1.1 might allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary code as the postgres operating system user via crafted SQL statements that rely on mismatched type metadata in collection value retrieval and array conversion functions. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2.1.2 or later.
 (CVE-2026-96883)

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-2026-96883

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 350401

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_96883.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

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: 58.34

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96883

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-18, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-9.5

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: 9/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96883