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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-19654

🗓️ 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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rsyslogd imptcp crash via crafted oversize-frame recovery sequence causes unauthenticated DoS.

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CVE-2026-19654 Rsyslog: a configuration-dependent issue in rsyslog's optional imptcp input module can allow an unauthenticated remote peer to crash rsyslogd
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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    crafted input sequence during oversize-frame recovery can cause an invalid internal message length and
    terminate rsyslogd. No confidentiality or integrity impact, privilege escalation, or code execution has
    been identified. imtcp and the default imptcp framing modes are not affected. (CVE-2026-19654)

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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 = {
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "rsyslog"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-crypto"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-doc"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gnutls"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gssapi"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-kafka"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmaudit"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmfields"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmjsonparse"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmkubernetes"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmnormalize"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mysql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-omamqp1"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-openssl"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-relp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-snmp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-udpspoof"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "rsyslog"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-crypto"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-doc"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gnutls"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gssapi"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-kafka"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmaudit"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmfields"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmjsonparse"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmkubernetes"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmnormalize"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mysql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-omamqp1"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-openssl"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-relp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-snmp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-udpspoof"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "rsyslog"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-crypto"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-doc"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gnutls"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gssapi"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-kafka"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmaudit"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmfields"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmjsonparse"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmkubernetes"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmnormalize"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mysql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-omamqp1"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-openssl"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-relp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-snmp"},
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
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          {"reference": "rsyslog"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gnutls"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gssapi"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mysql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-relp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-snmp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog7"},
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          {"reference": "rsyslog-gnutls"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gssapi"},
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          {"reference": "rsyslog-libdbi"},
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "rsyslog"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-crypto"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-doc"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gnutls"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gssapi"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-kafka"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-libdbi"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmaudit"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmjsonparse"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmkubernetes"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmnormalize"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mysql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-relp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-snmp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-udpspoof"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "rsyslog"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-crypto"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-doc"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gnutls"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-gssapi"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-kafka"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-logrotate"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmaudit"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmfields"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmjsonparse"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmkubernetes"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmnormalize"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-mysql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-omamqp1"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-openssl"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-pgsql"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-relp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-snmp"},
          {"reference": "rsyslog-udpspoof"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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12 Aug 2026 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 3.17.5
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