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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-100235

🗓️ 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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TOCTOU race condition in Apache ZooKeeper setACL handling allows unauthorized operations.

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nessus
Tenable Nessus
Apache ZooKeeper 3.8.x < 3.8.8 / 3.9.x < 3.9.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
6 Nov 202600:00
–nessus
circl
Circl
CVE-2026-100235
4 Nov 202610:48
–circl
cnnvd
CNNVD
Vulnerability related to race condition issues in Apache ZooKeeper
4 Nov 202600:00
–cnnvd
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-100235
4 Nov 202610:43
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-100235 Apache ZooKeeper: ACL enforcement bypass allows unauthorized operations to commit after an ACL revocation
4 Nov 202610:43
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-100235
6 Nov 202618:52
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-116866
4 Nov 202610:43
–euvd
mend
Mend
CVE-2026-100235
4 Nov 202610:43
–mend
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-100235
4 Nov 202611:17
–nvd
osv_debian
osv_debian
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-100235
4 Nov 202611:17
–osv_debian
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/11/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-100235");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-100235");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - Incorrect authorization due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the setACL
    request handling of Apache ZooKeeper. When a node's ACL is changed via setACL, the pending change is not
    published to the server's outstanding change record for that node. Any request that is prepared (and
    authorized) after the setACL is submitted but before it commits is therefore checked against the previous,
    pre-revocation ACL, yet is applied to the data tree after the ACL change has taken effect. A client that
    currently holds a permission can use this window to perform operations requiring that permission through
    and after its revocation  for example, committing writes or deletes after losing write access, or re-
    granting itself full permissions, which persistently defeats the revocation. In deployments transitioning
    from the default OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE ACL to a restrictive ACL, any unauthenticated client can exploit this
    during the transition. This issue affects Apache ZooKeeper up to and including 3.9.6. Users are
    recommended to upgrade to version 3.8.8 or 3.9.7, which fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-100235)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-100235");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-100235");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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-2026-100235");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/11/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/11/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  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");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:zookeeper");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:zookeeper");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
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  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-java"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-java-doc"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-mt-dev"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-mt2"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-st-dev"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-st2"},
          {"reference": "python3-zookeeper"},
          {"reference": "zookeeper"},
          {"reference": "zookeeper-bin"},
          {"reference": "zookeeperd"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-java"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-java-doc"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-mt-dev"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-mt2"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-st-dev"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-st2"},
          {"reference": "python3-zookeeper"},
          {"reference": "zookeeper"},
          {"reference": "zookeeper-bin"},
          {"reference": "zookeeperd"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-java"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-java-doc"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-mt-dev"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-mt2"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-st-dev"},
          {"reference": "libzookeeper-st2"},
          {"reference": "python3-zookeeper"},
          {"reference": "zookeeper"},
          {"reference": "zookeeper-bin"},
          {"reference": "zookeeperd"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.10": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "zookeeper"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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06 Nov 2026 00:00Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
CVSS 46
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