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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-104267

🗓️ 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Unchecked multiplication in Botan Scrypt on 32-bit platforms causes DoS.

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circl
Circl
CVE-2026-104267
6 Nov 202621:30
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-104267
6 Nov 202621:25
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-104267 Botan: scrypt V-buffer heap overflow on 32-bit from constructor-accepted parameters
6 Nov 202621:25
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-104267
7 Nov 202622:49
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-118516
6 Nov 202621:25
–euvd
mend
Mend
CVE-2026-104267
6 Nov 202621:25
–mend
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-104267
6 Nov 202622:17
–nvd
osv_azl
osv_azl
AZL-113089 CVE-2026-104267 affecting package botan2 2.14.0-2
6 Nov 202622:17
–osv_azl
osv_debian
osv_debian
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-104267
6 Nov 202622:17
–osv_debian
osv_ubuntu
osv_ubuntu
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-104267
9 Nov 202600:00
–osv_ubuntu
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(377542);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/11/10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-104267");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-104267");

  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.

  - Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 2.7.0 until 3.13.0, Botan's Scrypt implementation on 32-bit
    platforms computes required memory with unchecked multiplication, allowing attacker-controlled Scrypt
    parameters to wrap the allocation size and create a buffer smaller than the algorithm subsequently writes.
    The issue affects systems that enable Scrypt and accept arbitrary parameters from a hostile source,
    including applications that decrypt attacker-supplied encrypted private keys. A triggering parameter set
    can cause approximately four gigabytes of Scrypt output to be written past the allocated heap buffer,
    immediately crashing the process and causing denial of service. Arbitrary code execution is not
    demonstrated and appears difficult, but cannot be excluded from the overwrite primitive. This issue is
    fixed in version 3.13.0. (CVE-2026-104267)

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-2026-104267");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-104267");
  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:L/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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  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:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/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-2026-104267");

  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:"2026/11/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/11/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  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:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:botan");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:botan3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:botan");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:botan3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  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");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Debian Linux-12", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-13", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-20.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-22.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-24.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-26.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-26.10");

  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": "botan"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-2-19"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-2-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-botan"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "botan"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-2-19"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-2-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-2-doc"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-3-7"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-3-dev"},
          {"reference": "libbotan-3-doc"},
          {"reference": "python3-botan"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "botan"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "botan"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "botan"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "botan"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "botan3"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.10": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "botan3"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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10 Nov 2026 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 44.1
EPSS0.00113
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