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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-55213

🗓️ 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux h2o vulnerability with no vendor patch; HTTP three QPACK allocates a large on stack buffer causing segfault.

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10 Jul 202620:49
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CVE-2026-55213 h2o: musl libc stack overflow (QPACK)
10 Jul 202620:49
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CVE-2026-55213
10 Jul 202620:49
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EUVD-2026-43036
10 Jul 202620:49
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CVE-2026-55213
10 Jul 202621:16
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CVE-2026-55213 h2o: musl libc stack overflow (QPACK)
10 Jul 202620:49
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10 Jul 202621:16
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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55213
13 Jul 202600:00
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PT-2026-57321
10 Jul 202600:00
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(326436);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-55213");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-55213");

  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.

  - h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit
    edd7a120bfc4af11ac0cbebce2a43cc1f93f9af1, when h2o processes a QPACK instruction sent from the peer over
    HTTP/3, lib/http3/qpack.c might allocate an on-stack buffer as large as approximately 800 KB by calling
    alloca, which exceeds the default pthread stack size used by musl libc and causes the h2o server to crash
    with a segmentation fault while touching the guard page. This issue is fixed in commit
    edd7a120bfc4af11ac0cbebce2a43cc1f93f9af1. (CVE-2026-55213)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55213");
  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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-55213");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/07/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:h2o");
  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/Debian Linux-11", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-12");

  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"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "h2o"},
          {"reference": "h2o-doc"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev-common"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop0.13"},
          {"reference": "libh2o0.13"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "h2o"},
          {"reference": "h2o-doc"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev-common"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop0.13"},
          {"reference": "libh2o0.13"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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');
}

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13 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00343
SSVC
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