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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 : zlib vulnerability (USN-8954-1)

🗓️ 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Heap buffer overflow in zlib via non-blocking write operations leads to DoS or RCE.

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ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected by a Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Zlib [CVE-2026-85091]
13 Oct 202614:46
–ibm
alpinelinux
AlpineLinux
CVE-2026-85091
3 Sep 202601:04
–alpinelinux
cgr
Chainguard
CVE-2026-85091 vulnerabilities
12 Sep 202608:54
–cgr
circl
Circl
CVE-2026-85091
3 Sep 202603:39
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-85091
3 Sep 202601:04
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-85091 zlib 1.3.1.2 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via gz_vacate
3 Sep 202601:04
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-85091
3 Sep 202601:04
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-70301
3 Sep 202601:04
–euvd
mend
Mend
CVE-2026-85091
3 Sep 202601:04
–mend
mscve
Microsoft CVE
zlib 1.3.1.2 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via gz_vacate
5 Sep 202608:25
–mscve
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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-8954-1. 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(371418);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-85091");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8954-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 : zlib vulnerability (USN-8954-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / 26.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-8954-1 advisory.

    Ali Firas discovered that zlib incorrectly handled certain non-blocking write operations. An attacker
    could possibly use this issue to trigger a heap buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or
    arbitrary code execution.

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-8954-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/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:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-85091");

  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:"2026/09/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  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");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32z1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64z1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libminizip1t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32z1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:minizip");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zlib1g");
  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_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 (! ('24.04' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release || '26.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 24.04 / 26.04 / 26.10', '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': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'lib32z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'lib64z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libminizip1t64', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libx32z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'minizip', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'zlib1g', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg-3.1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'lib32z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'lib64z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libminizip1t64', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'libx32z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'minizip', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'zlib1g', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'lib32z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'lib64z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'libminizip1t64', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'libx32z1', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'minizip', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '26.10', 'pkgname': 'zlib1g', 'pkgver': '1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.2-3ubuntu1.1'}
];

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_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, 'lib32z1 / lib64z1 / libminizip1t64 / libx32z1 / minizip / zlib1g');
}

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23 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
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