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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-22791

🗓️ 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com

Local attacker can cause heap corruption or denial of service via openCryptoki ECDH AES key wrap in versions 3.25.0 and 3.26.0 (CVE-2026-22791).

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(284798);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-22791");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-22791");

  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.

  - openCryptoki is a PKCS#11 library and tools for Linux and AIX. In 3.25.0 and 3.26.0, there is a heap
    buffer overflow vulnerability in the CKM_ECDH_AES_KEY_WRAP implementation allows an attacker with local
    access to cause out-of-bounds writes in the host process by supplying a compressed EC public key and
    invoking C_WrapKey. This can lead to heap corruption, or denial-of-service. (CVE-2026-22791)

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-2026-22791");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-22791");
  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:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-22791");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/01/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opencryptoki");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-ccatok");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-ep11tok");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-icatok");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-icsftok");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opencryptoki-swtok");
  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/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-25.10");

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

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.10": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "opencryptoki"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "opencryptoki"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-ccatok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-devel"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-ep11tok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-icatok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-icsftok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-libs"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-swtok"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "opencryptoki"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-ccatok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-devel"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-ep11tok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-icatok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-icsftok"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-libs"},
          {"reference": "opencryptoki-swtok"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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 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 May 2026 00:00Current
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CVSS 3.16.1 - 6.6
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