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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Graphite vulnerability (USN-8444-1)

🗓️ 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 9 Views

Graphite memory handling flaw on Ubuntu hosts could crash or allow arbitrary code execution.

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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-8444-1. 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(321607);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-50593");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8444-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Graphite vulnerability (USN-8444-1)");

  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-8444-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Graphite incorrectly handled memory when running certain actions. An attacker could
    use this issue to cause Graphite to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
    code.

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-8444-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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-2026-50593");

  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:"2026/06/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/06/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/06/20");

  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:libgraphite2-3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgraphite2-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgraphite2-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-graphite2");
  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");
  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 pkgs = [
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-3', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-1ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-dev', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-1ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-utils', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-1ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-graphite2', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-1ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-3', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-dev', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-utils', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-graphite2', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-3', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-dev', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-utils', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'python3-graphite2', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-2ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-3', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-11ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-dev', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-11ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libgraphite2-utils', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-11ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-graphite2', 'pkgver': '1.3.14-11ubuntu1.1'}
];

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'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  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, 'libgraphite2-3 / libgraphite2-dev / libgraphite2-utils / etc');
}

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