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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-119051

🗓️ 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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Uncontrolled resource allocation in flat unflatten() allows DoS of Node.js event loop.

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    such as a.4294967294, causing iteration with forEach, spread or JSON.stringify to block the Node.js event
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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": "dotnet8.0"},
          {"reference": "firefox"},
          {"reference": "grafana"},
          {"reference": "grafana-pcp"},
          {"reference": "intel-igc"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"}
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      }
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  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
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          {"reference": "aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-8.0"},
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          {"reference": "grafana-elasticsearch"},
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          {"reference": "grafana-mssql"},
          {"reference": "grafana-mysql"},
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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
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.15.9
CVSS 48.2
EPSS0.0032
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