Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : urllib3 vulnerabilities (USN-8926-1)

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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8926-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(367208);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-97687", "CVE-2026-97688", "CVE-2026-97689");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8926-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : urllib3 vulnerabilities (USN-8926-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are
affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8926-1 advisory.

    Yu-Fu Fu, Seth Larson and Yonatan Magier discovered that urllib3 did not correctly handle certain
    certificate validations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to observe or modify forwarded traffic.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-97687)

    Martin Desrumaux discovered that urllib3 did not correctly handle decoding certain deflate responses. An
    attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04
    LTS. (CVE-2026-97688)

    It was discovered that urllib3 did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could
    possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-97689)

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8926-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected python-urllib3 and / or python3-urllib3 packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-97687");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-97689");

  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:"2026/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  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:26.04:-:lts");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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  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_info2.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 (! ('18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04 / 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': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python-urllib3', 'pkgver': '1.22-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm5', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-97689']},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-urllib3', 'pkgver': '1.22-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm5', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-97689']},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-urllib3', 'pkgver': '1.25.8-2ubuntu0.4+esm6', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-97689']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-urllib3', 'pkgver': '1.26.5-1~exp1ubuntu0.8', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-97689']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-urllib3', 'pkgver': '2.0.7-1ubuntu0.8', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-97689']},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-urllib3', 'pkgver': '2.6.3-1ubuntu1.2', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-97687', 'CVE-2026-97688', 'CVE-2026-97689']}
];

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_HOLE,
    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, 'python-urllib3 / python3-urllib3');
}