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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-9076

🗓️ 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unpatched system vulnerable to a heap over-read in CMS decryption with a stream cipher, causing denial of service.

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-9076");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-9076");

  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.

  - Issue summary: When CMS password-based decryption (RFC 3211 / PWRI key unwrap) processes attacker-supplied
    CMS data, an attacker-chosen stream-mode KEK cipher can trigger a heap out-of-bounds read in
    kek_unwrap_key(). Impact summary: A heap buffer over-read may trigger a crash which leads to Denial of
    Service for an application if the input buffer ends at a memory page boundary and the following page is
    unmapped. There is no information disclosure as the over-read bytes are not revealed to the attacker. The
    key unwrapping function performs a check-byte test as specified in the RFC that reads 7 bytes from a heap
    allocation that is based on the wrapped key length from the message. There is a minimum length check based
    on the block length of the wrapping cipher. However the cipher is selected from an OID carried in the
    attacker's PWRI keyEncryptionAlgorithm with no requirement that the cipher be a block cipher. When an
    attacker selects a stream-mode cipher the guard will be ineffective and the allocated buffer containing
    the unwrapped key can be too small to fit the check-bytes specified in the RFC and a buffer over-read can
    happen. Applications calling CMS_decrypt() or CMS_decrypt_set1_password() (equivalently openssl cms
    -decrypt -pwri_password ...) on untrusted CMS data are vulnerable to this issue. No password knowledge is
    required: the over-read happens during the unwrap attempt before any authentication succeeds. The over-
    read is limited to a few bytes and is not written to output, so there is no information disclosure.
    Triggering a crash requires the allocation to border unmapped memory, which is unlikely with the normal
    allocator. The FIPS modules are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2026-9076)

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-2026-9076");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-9076");
  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: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-2026-9076");

  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:"2026/06/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/06/10");

  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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-: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:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:edk2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nodejs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssl1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl");
  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-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", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-22.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-24.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-25.10", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-26.04");

  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-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libcrypto1.1-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.1"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.1-udeb"},
          {"reference": "openssl"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libcrypto3-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl3-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl3t64"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-provider-fips"},
          {"reference": "openssl-provider-legacy"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libcrypto1.0.0-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0-udeb"},
          {"reference": "openssl"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "edk2"},
          {"reference": "libcrypto1.0.0-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0-udeb"},
          {"reference": "nodejs"},
          {"reference": "openssl"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "edk2"},
          {"reference": "libcrypto1.0.0-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libcrypto1.1-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.0.0-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.1"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.1-udeb"},
          {"reference": "nodejs"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl1.0"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
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          {"reference": "libssl1.1"},
          {"reference": "libssl1.1-udeb"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "ovmf"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi-aarch64"},
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        "release": "22.04",
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          {"reference": "libssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl3"},
          {"reference": "libssl3-udeb"},
          {"reference": "nodejs"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "ovmf"},
          {"reference": "ovmf-ia32"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi"},
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          {"reference": "efi-shell-riscv64"},
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          {"reference": "ovmf-ia32"},
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          {"reference": "qemu-efi-riscv64"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-25.10": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "25.10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "efi-shell-aa64"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-arm"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-ia32"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-loongarch64"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-riscv64"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-x64"},
          {"reference": "libcrypto3-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl3-udeb"},
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          {"reference": "ovmf-ia32"},
          {"reference": "ovmf-inteltdx"},
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          {"reference": "qemu-efi-arm"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi-loongarch64"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi-riscv64"}
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  "Ubuntu Linux-26.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "26.04",
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          {"reference": "efi-shell-aa64"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-loongarch64"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-riscv64"},
          {"reference": "efi-shell-x64"},
          {"reference": "libcrypto3-udeb"},
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          {"reference": "libssl-doc"},
          {"reference": "libssl3-udeb"},
          {"reference": "libssl3t64"},
          {"reference": "openssl"},
          {"reference": "openssl-provider-legacy"},
          {"reference": "ovmf"},
          {"reference": "ovmf-amdsev"},
          {"reference": "ovmf-generic"},
          {"reference": "ovmf-inteltdx"},
          {"reference": "ovmf-legacy"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi-aarch64"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi-loongarch64"},
          {"reference": "qemu-efi-riscv64"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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