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RHEL 7 : resource-agents (RHSA-2026:1336)
high Nessus Plugin ID 296751
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for resource-agents.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:1336 advisory.The resource-agents packages provide the Pacemaker and RGManager service managers with a set of scripts.
These scripts interface with several services to allow operating in a high-availability (HA) environment.
Security Fix(es):
* urllib3: urllib3: Unbounded decompression chain leads to resource exhaustion (CVE-2025-66418)
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 resource-agents package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:1336.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419455
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 296751
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-1336.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/27/2026
Updated: 1/27/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-66418
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.9
Threat Score: 6.3
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-sap-hana, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-gcp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sap-cluster-connector, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-sap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-aliyun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:resource-agents-sap-hana-scaleout
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: 1/27/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-66418