AlmaLinux 10 : libpq (ALSA-2026:0594)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 291519

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:0594 advisory.

* postgresql: libpq undersizes allocations, via integer wraparound (CVE-2025-12818)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected libpq and / or libpq-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-0594.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0594

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 291519

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-0594.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12818

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libpq, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libpq-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12818

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2026:0594