Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-48501

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  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-48501");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-48501");

  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.

  - GitHub CLI (gh) is GitHub's official command line tool. Prior to 2.93.0, GitHub CLI incorrectly includes
    authorization header in API requests to TUF repository mirrors via gh attestation, gh release verify, and
    gh release verify-asset commands. The CLI uses a shared HTTP client with an authentication layer that
    automatically attaches tokens to outgoing requests. This layer lacks accurate host detection and can
    incorrectly attribute the target host, providing it with a token it should never receive. Specifically,
    the host normalization logic collapses any *.github.com subdomain to github.com, so a request to tuf-
    repo.github.com (a GitHub Pages site, not a GitHub API endpoint) is treated as a request to github.com and
    receives the user's github.com token. For hosts that don't match github.com or a known GHES instance at
    all, the resolver falls back to GH_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN if set. The gh attestation, gh release verify and gh
    release verify-asset commands fetch data from several external hosts as part of their normal operation
    (TUF metadata from tuf-repo.github.com and tuf-repo-cdn.sigstore.dev, artifact bundles from Azure Blob
    Storage). Because these requests go through the same authenticated HTTP client, the token is sent to all
    of them. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.93.0. (CVE-2026-48501)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-48501");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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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/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-dev"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-dev"},
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2-dev"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-dev"},
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2-dev"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-24.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "24.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh"},
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.10": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh"},
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-26.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh"},
          {"reference": "golang-github-cli-go-gh-v2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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