Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-118251

high Nessus Plugin ID 374023

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.

- Highcharts JS is a JavaScript charting library based on SVG. Prior to 11.4.9, 12.6.1, and 13.1.0, Highcharts assigns credits.href to the window location when the credits label is clicked without checking the URL against the allowed-scheme list. An attacker who controls chart configuration can provide a javascript URL and run script in the origin of the hosting page when a user clicks the credits label.
Highcharts Stock, Maps, and Gantt are included because they ship from the same package. This issue is fixed in 11.4.9, 12.6.1 and 13.1.0. (CVE-2026-118251)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 374023

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_118251.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/30/2026

Updated: 10/30/2026

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: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 10.33

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-2026-118251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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:cargo-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cargo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:clippy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasip1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static-x86_64-unknown-none, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset-srpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rust, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cargo-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cargo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:clippy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-gdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-lldb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-unknown-unknown, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-wasm32-wasip1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static-x86_64-unknown-none, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-toolset-srpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-toolset, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rustfmt

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: 10/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-118251

Detections

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