Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-111555

medium Nessus Plugin ID 366468

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 luksmeta. Improper boundary validation of metadata slots allows an attacker capable of supplying or modifying a disk header to redirect wipe or load operations outside the intended metadata area. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted header with valid checksums to overwrite or zero out encrypted payload data, resulting in persistent data loss and corrupted storage.
Exploitation typically requires privileged access to modify raw block devices or the ability to induce an administrator to process an untrusted disk image. (CVE-2026-111555)

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-2026-111555

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-111555

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 366468

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_111555.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/16/2026

Updated: 10/17/2026

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 v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-111555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, 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:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libluksmeta-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libluksmeta, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:luksmeta, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:luksmeta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libluksmeta-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libluksmeta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:luksmeta

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: 10/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-111555