Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-105959

high Nessus Plugin ID 366474

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 spice-server. The GLZ encoder dictionary restore path truncates a size_t allocation size to int when calling the malloc callback, allowing a malicious authenticated SPICE client during VM live migration to trigger a massive heap buffer overflow by sending a crafted max_encoders value in migration data. (CVE-2026-105959)

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-2026-105959

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-105959

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-105959

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 366474

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_105959.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/16/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

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: 4.9

Percentile: 58.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-105959

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/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:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.10, 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:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:spice-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:spice-protocol, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:spice, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:spice-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:spice-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:spice, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spice-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spice-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spice

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-2026-105959