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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-86922

🗓️ 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Type confusion in Safari, iOS, iPadOS, macOS Golden Gate, and visionOS allows RCE.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
apple
Apple
About the security content of Safari 27
14 Sep 202600:00
–apple
circl
Circl
CVE-2026-86922
20 Oct 202601:34
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-86922
20 Oct 202600:50
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-86922
20 Oct 202600:50
–cvelist
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-104721
20 Oct 202600:50
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-86922
20 Oct 202601:17
–nvd
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2026-117974
20 Oct 202600:00
–ptsecurity
redhatcve
RedhatCVE
CVE-2026-86922
20 Oct 202602:12
–redhatcve
vulnrichment
Vulnrichment
CVE-2026-86922
20 Oct 202600:50
–vulnrichment
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(367674);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-86922");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-86922");

  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.

  - A type confusion issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 27, iOS
    27 and iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27, visionOS 27. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead
    to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-86922)

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-2026-86922");
  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:P/I:P/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:H/I:H/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-2026-86922");

  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:"2026/10/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwebkit2gtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwebkit2gtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-jsc-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2");
  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/CentOS Linux-7", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7");

  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/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 = {
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "6",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "webkitgtk"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk-devel"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk-doc"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libwebkit2gtk"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk3"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk3-devel"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk3-doc"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-devel"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-doc"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-jsc"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-jsc-devel"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libwebkit2gtk"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk3"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk3-devel"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk3-doc"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-devel"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-doc"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-jsc"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-jsc-devel"},
          {"reference": "webkitgtk4-plugin-process-gtk2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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20 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.00134
SSVC
3