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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-114038

🗓️ 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Information disclosure in Red Hat Enterprise Linux device-mapper-multipath via format string.

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circl
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CVE-2026-114038
21 Oct 202600:26
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-114038 Device-mapper-multipath: device-mapper-multipath: information disclosure via malformed format string
21 Oct 202600:26
–cvelist
debiancve
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CVE-2026-114038
21 Oct 202600:26
–debiancve
euvd
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EUVD-2026-106990
21 Oct 202600:26
–euvd
nvd
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CVE-2026-114038
21 Oct 202601:17
–nvd
osv_debian
osv_debian
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-114038
21 Oct 202622:47
–osv_debian
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2026-120166
21 Oct 202600:00
–ptsecurity
redhatcve
RedhatCVE
CVE-2026-114038
21 Oct 202600:26
–redhatcve
ubuntucve
UbuntuCve
CVE-2026-114038
23 Oct 202600:00
–ubuntucve
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(368991);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-114038");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-114038");

  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.

  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - device-mapper-multipath: device-mapper-multipath: Information disclosure via
    malformed format string (CVE-2026-114038)

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-2026-114038");
  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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-114038");

  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:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  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:device-mapper-multipath");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:device-mapper-multipath-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:device-mapper-multipath-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kpartx");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libdmmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libdmmp-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:device-mapper-multipath");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:device-mapper-multipath-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:device-mapper-multipath-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kpartx");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdmmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdmmp-devel");
  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-7", "Host/OS/CentOS Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7", "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 = {
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-devel"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-libs"},
          {"reference": "kpartx"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-devel"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-libs"},
          {"reference": "kpartx"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-devel"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-libs"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit"},
          {"reference": "kpartx"},
          {"reference": "libdmmp"},
          {"reference": "libdmmp-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-devel"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-libs"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-sysvinit"},
          {"reference": "kpartx"},
          {"reference": "libdmmp"},
          {"reference": "libdmmp-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-devel"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-libs"},
          {"reference": "kpartx"},
          {"reference": "libdmmp"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-devel"},
          {"reference": "device-mapper-multipath-libs"},
          {"reference": "kpartx"},
          {"reference": "libdmmp"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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_NOTE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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22 Oct 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.15.1
EPSS0.00116
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