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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : haveged vulnerability (USN-8358-1)

🗓️ 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Haveged vulnerability on Ubuntu systems allows local privilege execution via control socket credential checks.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8358-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(320479);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-41054");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8358-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : haveged vulnerability (USN-8358-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8358-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that haveged incorrectly handled credential checks on its control socket. A local
    attacker could possibly use this issue to execute privileged commands.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8358-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected haveged, libhavege-dev and / or libhavege2 packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-41054");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/05/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/06/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/06/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:haveged");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhavege-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhavege2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.10' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.10 / 26.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'haveged', 'pkgver': '1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libhavege-dev', 'pkgver': '1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libhavege2', 'pkgver': '1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'haveged', 'pkgver': '1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libhavege-dev', 'pkgver': '1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libhavege2', 'pkgver': '1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'haveged', 'pkgver': '1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libhavege-dev', 'pkgver': '1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libhavege2', 'pkgver': '1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'haveged', 'pkgver': '1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libhavege-dev', 'pkgver': '1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libhavege2', 'pkgver': '1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'haveged / libhavege-dev / libhavege2');
}

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11 Jun 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00185
SSVC
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