RHEL 9 : go-rpm-macros (RHSA-2025:22005)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 276688

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for go-rpm-macros.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:22005 advisory.

This package provides build-stage rpm automation to simplify the creation of Go language (golang) packages. It does not need to be included in the default build root: go-srpm-macros will pull it in for Go packages only.

Security Fix(es):

* os/exec: Unexpected paths returned from LookPath in os/exec (CVE-2025-47906)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL go-rpm-macros package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:22005.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396546

http://www.nessus.org/u?6f74533c

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22005

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 276688

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-22005.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-srpm-macros, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-rpm-templates

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47906

CWE: 440

RHSA: 2025:22005