Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-61801

medium Nessus Plugin ID 364428

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.

- The `github.com/moby/sys/user` package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix- style user and group database files. Versions before 0.4.1 do not sufficiently limit entries when parsing `/etc/passwd`- or `/etc/group`-style files, allowing an attacker who can supply a specially crafted file to cause excessive memory consumption and potentially terminate the affected process due to an out-of- memory condition. This issue is patched in version 0.4.1. As a workaround, avoid parsing attacker- controlled user or group database files, or validate and limit untrusted input before parsing it.
(CVE-2026-61801)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 364428

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_61801.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/9/2026

Updated: 10/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-61801

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:buildah, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:image-builder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:oci-delta, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:podman, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:runc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:image-builder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oci-delta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-dnf-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer-worker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osbuild-composer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-manpages, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo

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: 10/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-61801

Detections

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