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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-111269
medium Nessus Plugin ID 366362
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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.- libical through 4.0.6 contains a heap-based out-of-bounds read in icalvalue_decode_ical_string() in src/libical/icalvalue.c when decoding input ending in a backslash. Attackers can supply escaped iCalendar text with a trailing backslash, causing the loop to read past the terminator and crash the application or leak adjacent heap memory. (CVE-2026-111269)
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-2026-111269
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 366362
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_111269.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 10/16/2026
Updated: 11/6/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.5
Percentile: 51.49
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-111269
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Threat Score: 4.4
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libical, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libical-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libical-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libical-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libical, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libical3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libical-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libical-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libical-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libical
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-111269