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AlmaLinux 9 : php:8.3 (ALSA-2026:1429)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297203

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:1429 advisory.

 * php: heap-based buffer overflow in array_merge() (CVE-2025-14178)
 * php: PHP: Information disclosure via getimagesize() function when reading multi-chunk images (CVE-2025-14177)
 * php: PHP: Denial of Service via invalid character sequence in PDO PostgreSQL prepared statement (CVE-2025-14180)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-1429.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1429

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 297203

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-1429.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2026

Updated: 1/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

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:alma:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ffi, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-apcu-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-snmp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gd, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-enchant, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ldap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-zip, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-xdebug3, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-redis6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14177, CVE-2025-14178, CVE-2025-14180

CWE: 125, 190, 476, 787

RHSA: 2026:1429