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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-58222

🗓️ 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Unpatched Samba flaws in Compare Request allow an attacker to infer protected Active Directory attributes.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(330477);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-58222");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-58222");

  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.

  - Samba's LDAP CompareRequest path contains two independent security flaws that can be combined by an
    authenticated attacker to construct a reliable oracle for protected (confidential) Active Directory
    attributes. 1. Filter Injection Flaw When processing an LDAP Compare request, Samba constructs a textual
    LDB filter by directly formatting the user-provided attribute name and assertion value into a search
    filter string using talloc_asprintf(): filter = talloc_asprintf(local_ctx, (%s=%*s), req->attribute,
    (int)req->value.length, req->value.data); This formulation is unsafe because: - The attribute name is not
    validated as a valid LDAP AttributeDescription. - The assertion value is not escaped. - The field format
    (%*s) does not properly handle binary or BER-encoded bytes. By providing an attribute name containing
    filter operators (for example, appending >= to the attribute name), an attacker can coerce Samba into
    evaluating a comparison operator other than equality. 2. Trusted Search Context Flaw Samba evaluates the
    generated filter using an internal local LDB search request without marking it as untrusted. Normal LDAP
    search requests enforce access controls by marking requests from unprivileged connections as untrusted.
    The ACL read module uses this marker to determine whether it must enforce visibility checks. Because
    Compare requests do not mark the database search as untrusted, they are evaluated with trusted system-
    level visibility, bypassing standard ACL checks for confidential attributes. Combining these two flaws, an
    ordinary authenticated domain user can issue ordered true/false Compare queries (e.g. using inequality
    operators like >=) to binary-search and reconstruct binary values of confidential attributes that are
    normally redacted from LDAP Search results. A key target for this attack is the msKds-RootKeyData
    attribute, which contains the root secret for the Group Key Distribution Service (GKDI). On Samba AD DC
    installations supporting Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) (Samba 4.21.0 and later), an attacker can
    extract this key and derive the passwords of gMSAs offline. If a privileged gMSA exists, this allows full
    domain compromise. (CVE-2026-58222)

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-2026-58222");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-58222");
  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:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-58222");

  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:"2026/07/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  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:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:samba");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:samba");
  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", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-14", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-14.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-20.04");

  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-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ctdb"},
          {"reference": "ldb-tools"},
          {"reference": "libldb-dev"},
          {"reference": "libldb2"},
          {"reference": "libnss-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libpam-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient0"},
          {"reference": "python3-ldb"},
          {"reference": "python3-ldb-dev"},
          {"reference": "python3-samba"},
          {"reference": "registry-tools"},
          {"reference": "samba"},
          {"reference": "samba-ad-dc"},
          {"reference": "samba-ad-provision"},
          {"reference": "samba-common"},
          {"reference": "samba-common-bin"},
          {"reference": "samba-dev"},
          {"reference": "samba-dsdb-modules"},
          {"reference": "samba-libs"},
          {"reference": "samba-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-modules"},
          {"reference": "smbclient"},
          {"reference": "winbind"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ctdb"},
          {"reference": "libnss-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libpam-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient0"},
          {"reference": "python3-samba"},
          {"reference": "registry-tools"},
          {"reference": "samba"},
          {"reference": "samba-common"},
          {"reference": "samba-common-bin"},
          {"reference": "samba-dev"},
          {"reference": "samba-dsdb-modules"},
          {"reference": "samba-libs"},
          {"reference": "samba-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-modules"},
          {"reference": "smbclient"},
          {"reference": "winbind"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ctdb"},
          {"reference": "libnss-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libpam-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient0"},
          {"reference": "python3-samba"},
          {"reference": "registry-tools"},
          {"reference": "samba"},
          {"reference": "samba-common"},
          {"reference": "samba-common-bin"},
          {"reference": "samba-dev"},
          {"reference": "samba-dsdb-modules"},
          {"reference": "samba-libs"},
          {"reference": "samba-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-modules"},
          {"reference": "smbclient"},
          {"reference": "winbind"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ctdb"},
          {"reference": "ldb-tools"},
          {"reference": "libldb-dev"},
          {"reference": "libldb2"},
          {"reference": "libnss-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libpam-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient0"},
          {"reference": "libtalloc-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtalloc2"},
          {"reference": "libtdb-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtdb1"},
          {"reference": "libtevent-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtevent0"},
          {"reference": "libtevent0t64"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient0"},
          {"reference": "python3-ldb"},
          {"reference": "python3-samba"},
          {"reference": "python3-talloc"},
          {"reference": "python3-tdb"},
          {"reference": "registry-tools"},
          {"reference": "samba"},
          {"reference": "samba-ad-dc"},
          {"reference": "samba-ad-provision"},
          {"reference": "samba-common"},
          {"reference": "samba-common-bin"},
          {"reference": "samba-dev"},
          {"reference": "samba-dsdb-modules"},
          {"reference": "samba-libs"},
          {"reference": "samba-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-ceph"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-glusterfs"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-modules"},
          {"reference": "smbclient"},
          {"reference": "tdb-tools"},
          {"reference": "winbind"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libnss-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libpam-smbpass"},
          {"reference": "libpam-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libparse-pidl-perl"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libsmbsharemodes-dev"},
          {"reference": "libsmbsharemodes0"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient0"},
          {"reference": "python-samba"},
          {"reference": "registry-tools"},
          {"reference": "samba"},
          {"reference": "samba-common"},
          {"reference": "samba-common-bin"},
          {"reference": "samba-dbg"},
          {"reference": "samba-dev"},
          {"reference": "samba-doc"},
          {"reference": "samba-dsdb-modules"},
          {"reference": "samba-libs"},
          {"reference": "samba-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-modules"},
          {"reference": "smbclient"},
          {"reference": "winbind"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ctdb"},
          {"reference": "libnss-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libpam-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libparse-pidl-perl"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient0"},
          {"reference": "python-samba"},
          {"reference": "registry-tools"},
          {"reference": "samba"},
          {"reference": "samba-common"},
          {"reference": "samba-common-bin"},
          {"reference": "samba-dbg"},
          {"reference": "samba-dev"},
          {"reference": "samba-dsdb-modules"},
          {"reference": "samba-libs"},
          {"reference": "samba-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-modules"},
          {"reference": "smbclient"},
          {"reference": "winbind"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ctdb"},
          {"reference": "libnss-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libpam-winbind"},
          {"reference": "libparse-pidl-perl"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient"},
          {"reference": "libsmbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwbclient0"},
          {"reference": "python-samba"},
          {"reference": "registry-tools"},
          {"reference": "samba"},
          {"reference": "samba-common"},
          {"reference": "samba-common-bin"},
          {"reference": "samba-dev"},
          {"reference": "samba-dsdb-modules"},
          {"reference": "samba-libs"},
          {"reference": "samba-testsuite"},
          {"reference": "samba-vfs-modules"},
          {"reference": "smbclient"},
          {"reference": "winbind"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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29 Jul 2026 00:00Current
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