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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8851-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 359468

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8851-1 advisory.

 Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

 - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

 - IPv6 networking;

 - Netfilter; (CVE-2025-38724, CVE-2026-53131, CVE-2026-53221)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8851-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359468

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8851-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.31

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38724

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1068.71-iot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1082.86-xilinx-zynqmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1147.160-raspi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1151.160-kvm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1162.172-oracle, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1164.175-aws, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1167.177-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1169.175-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-241.261-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-241.261-lowlatency

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38724, CVE-2026-53131, CVE-2026-53221

USN: 8851-1