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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-119051

high Nessus Plugin ID 376981

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.

 - flat through 6.0.1 contains an uncontrolled resource allocation vulnerability in unflatten() that allows attackers to create huge sparse arrays via unbounded numeric keys. Attackers can supply flattened keys such as a.4294967294, causing iteration with forEach, spread or JSON.stringify to block the Node.js event loop. (CVE-2026-119051)

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-2026-119051

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 376981

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_119051.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/6/2026

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

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-119051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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: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:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet8.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-pcp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:intel-igc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-pcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:intel-igc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird

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: 10/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-119051