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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 : .NET vulnerabilities (USN-8942-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 369510

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8942-1 advisory.

 Multiple security issues were discovered in .NET and this update includes new upstream .NET versions to fix these issues.

 .NET 8 has been updated to 8.0.32 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. .NET 10 has been updated to 10.0.13 in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.10. .NET 11 has been updated to 11.0.0~rc2 in Ubuntu 26.10.

 In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8942-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 369510

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8942-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.32

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96957

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88092

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-host-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-10.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-11.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-aot-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-aot-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-11.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dotnet8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1-8.0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-102870, CVE-2026-58280, CVE-2026-66822, CVE-2026-69651, CVE-2026-70159, CVE-2026-70175, CVE-2026-70179, CVE-2026-70181, CVE-2026-70183, CVE-2026-70186, CVE-2026-70188, CVE-2026-70194, CVE-2026-70196, CVE-2026-84008, CVE-2026-88092, CVE-2026-92707, CVE-2026-96222, CVE-2026-96225, CVE-2026-96230, CVE-2026-96231, CVE-2026-96233, CVE-2026-96236, CVE-2026-96237, CVE-2026-96238, CVE-2026-96957, CVE-2026-96958, CVE-2026-96959, CVE-2026-96960

IAVA: 2026-A-1124

USN: 8942-1