RHEL 9 : gnupg2 (RHSA-2026:1229)

high Nessus Plugin ID 296617

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gnupg2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:1229 advisory.

The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is a tool for encrypting data and creating digital signatures, compliant with OpenPGP and S/MIME standards.

Security Fix(es):

* GnuPG: GnuPG: Information disclosure and potential arbitrary code execution via out-of-bounds write (CVE-2025-68973)

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 gnupg2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:1229.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296617

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-1229.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/26/2026

Updated: 1/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnupg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnupg2-smime, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6

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: 1/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68973

CWE: 675

RHSA: 2026:1229

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