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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-94419

🗓️ 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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Unpatched wolfSSL flaw allows session cache overwriting leading to man-in-the-middle attacks.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(350847);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-94419");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-94419");

  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.

  - Without NO_SESSION_CACHE_REF, wolfSSL_get_session() does not return a session object but a ClientSession
    reference of the form {row, index, hash(sessionID)} into the process-global SessionCache, and
    ClientSessionToSession() validates it against that hash alone. Because the TLS 1.2 session ID is chosen by
    the server and sent in clear, AddSessionToCache() matches any other server's session on the same ID and
    overwrites the client-side entry with that server's master secret, cipher suite and version, while the
    handle continues to resolve; nothing on the write path compares the peer, the application's server ID or
    the WOLFSSL_CTX. Resuming through the handle then produces an abbreviated handshake in which no
    Certificate message is sent, so neither chain verification nor wolfSSL_check_domain_name() runs, and the
    attacker is accepted as the original server for the whole of that connection. Affected builds are those
    leaving NO_SESSION_CACHE_REF, NO_SESSION_CACHE, NO_CLIENT_CACHE and TITAN_SESSION_CACHE all undefined,
    which includes a plain ./configure, --enable-opensslextra and --enable-opensslall; fifteen integration
    options define NO_SESSION_CACHE_REF and are therefore not affected, among them --enable-all, --enable-
    distro, --enable-curl, --enable-nginx, --enable-haproxy, --enable-stunnel, --enable-wpas and the rest of
    the OPENSSL_COMPATIBLE_DEFAULTS family, and --enable-leanpsk, --enable-leantls, --enable-lowresource and
    --enable-tinytls13 disable the cache outright. The application must use the legacy reference flow,
    wolfSSL_get_session() or SSL_get_session() followed by wolfSSL_set_session(); wolfSSL_get1_session()
    returns the session object itself and is not affected, nor are wolfSSL_SetServerID() lookups. Only TLS 1.2
    and below and DTLS 1.2 and below are reachable, since TLS 1.3 and ticket resumption with an empty
    ServerHello session ID both use a client-chosen cache key. The poisoned entry lives in the process-global
    cache, so it crosses WOLFSSL_CTX boundaries and persists until the entry is evicted or the session times
    out, 500 seconds by default. Releases v5.3.0 through v5.9.2 are affected; the fix adds a per-write
    generation counter to the cache and raises WOLFSSL_CACHE_VERSION from 2 to 3, so a cache persisted by an
    older build is rejected by a fixed one. (CVE-2026-94419)

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-2026-94419");
  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:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-94419");

  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:"2026/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wolfssl");
  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-12", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-13");

  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": "libwolfssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwolfssl35"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libwolfssl-dev"},
          {"reference": "libwolfssl42t64"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

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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27 Sep 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 42.3
EPSS0.00077
SSVC
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