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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-104895

🗓️ 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 6 Views

Unbounded length prefix in Smile parser allows DoS via OutOfMemoryError or exception.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(376168);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/11/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-104895");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-104895");

  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.

  - The asynchronous Smile parser (NonBlockingByteArrayParser) uses a raw-binary length prefix taken from
    untrusted input to allocate a byte[] before the body is read, with no upper bound and no overflow check.
    On the raw-binary marker 0xFD, _decodeVInt() computes (value << 6) + (i & 0x3F) without the (value >>> 25)
    != 0 overflow guard present in the blocking SmileParser._readUnsignedVInt, and _startRawBinary then
    allocates the declared length immediately. A Smile feed of roughly ten bytes can therefore force an eager
    allocation of approximately 2 GB, producing an OutOfMemoryError on reactive or asynchronous Smile
    endpoints. A VInt crafted to overflow int yields a negative length and a NegativeArraySizeException, a
    RuntimeException that is not a JacksonException and so escapes the parser contract. Either outcome crashes
    the request or processing thread. This is the same class of issue as CVE-2020-28491 in the CBOR parser of
    this library, which was fixed with a LONGEST_NON_CHUNKED_BINARY guard; the asynchronous Smile parser never
    received the equivalent guard. No privileges or user interaction beyond the ability to submit data for
    parsing are required. (CVE-2026-104895)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-104895");
  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:N/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:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-104895");

  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:"2026/10/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/11/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jackson-jaxrs-json-provider");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jackson-jaxrs-providers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jackson-jaxrs-providers-datatypes");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jackson-jaxrs-providers-javadoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jackson-jaxrs-providers-parent");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-jackson-jaxrs-json-provider");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-jackson-jaxrs-providers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jackson-jaxrs-json-provider");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jackson-jaxrs-providers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jackson-jaxrs-providers-datatypes");
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  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/CentOS Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9");

  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/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-json-provider"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers-datatypes"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers-javadoc"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers-parent"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-json-provider"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers-datatypes"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers-javadoc"},
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers-parent"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "jackson-jaxrs-providers"},
          {"reference": "pki-jackson-jaxrs-json-provider"},
          {"reference": "pki-jackson-jaxrs-providers"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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04 Nov 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.0038
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