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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-96222

high Nessus Plugin ID 366344

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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.

 - Improper certificate validation in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network. (CVE-2026-96222)

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-2026-96222

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 366344

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_96222.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/16/2026

Updated: 10/16/2026

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: 53.48

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96222

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:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1

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: 10/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96222