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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-88386

🗓️ 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Misaligned memory access in libsndfile 1.2.2 psf_binheader_readf() causes DoS via WAV files.

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CVE-2026-88386
24 Sep 202600:00
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CVE-2026-88386
24 Sep 202600:00
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-88386
24 Sep 202600:00
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euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-86472
24 Sep 202600:00
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NVD
CVE-2026-88386
24 Sep 202621:18
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osv
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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-88386
24 Sep 202621:18
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osv
OSV
ECHO-9923-E474-207E
26 Sep 202607:35
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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-88386
25 Sep 202600:00
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redhatcve
RedhatCVE
CVE-2026-88386
24 Sep 202621:34
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ubuntucve
UbuntuCve
CVE-2026-88386
25 Sep 202600:00
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"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - libsndfile 1.2.2 contains a misaligned memory access issue in psf_binheader_readf() while parsing WAV fmt
    chunks. A specially crafted WAV file can cause the function to cast an unaligned destination address to
    unsigned int * and perform a 4-byte store. This results in undefined behavior leading to denial of
    service. (CVE-2026-88386)

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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/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 = {
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libsndfile"},
          {"reference": "libsndfile-devel"},
          {"reference": "libsndfile-utils"}
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        "release": "10",
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          {"reference": "libsndfile"},
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          {"reference": "libsndfile"},
          {"reference": "libsndfile-devel"},
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      }
    ]
  }
};

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))
{
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      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
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  );
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}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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24 Sep 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
EPSS0.00145
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