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RHEL 9 : php:8.3 (RHSA-2026:1190)
high Nessus Plugin ID 296619
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for php:8.3.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:1190 advisory.PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.
Security Fix(es):
* php: heap-based buffer overflow in array_merge() (CVE-2025-14178)
* php: PHP: Denial of Service via invalid character sequence in PDO PostgreSQL prepared statement (CVE-2025-14180)
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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL php:8.3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:1190.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425625
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2425627
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 296619
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-1190.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/26/2026
Updated: 1/26/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14178
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.2
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.2
Threat Score: 6.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14180
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-apcu-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-xdebug3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-rrd, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pecl-redis6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-process
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-14178, CVE-2025-14180