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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-104988

critical Nessus Plugin ID 362737

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.

 - A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI (pki-core). The CMCAuthForEST authentication plugin fails open when an EST fullcmc enrollment request is submitted via BasicAuth without an end-user TLS client certificate. The SSL_CLIENT_CERT session attribute retains the EST subsystem's agent certificate, which causes downstream authorization checks to treat the request as agent-privileged. An authenticated EST user can exploit this to obtain CA-signed certificates with arbitrary subject names. (CVE-2026-104988)

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-2026-104988

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 362737

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_104988.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/3/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.45

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-2026-104988

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dogtag-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idm-pki

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: 10/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-104988