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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-18651

🗓️ 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux flaw in 389 Directory Server lets a locked account retain privileges during authentication.

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    found to be locked, the bind is reported as failed to the client, but the already-installed authenticated
    state on the connection is not reverted. A client that supplies valid credentials for an account that has
    been administratively locked can continue to use the same connection with that account's privileges,
    defeating account lock as an access-revocation control. (CVE-2026-18651)

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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/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

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  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "11",
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  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
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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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05 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.4
CVSS 3.15.4
EPSS0.00174
SSVC
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