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RockyLinux 9 : openssl (RLSA-2026:1473)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 297287
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:1473 advisory.* openssl: OpenSSL: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service through crafted PKCS#12 file (CVE-2025-11187)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Remote code execution or Denial of Service via oversized Initialization Vector in CMS parsing (CVE-2025-15467)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in QUIC protocol handling (CVE-2025-15468)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Data integrity bypass in `openssl dgst` command due to silent truncation (CVE-2025-15469)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to excessive memory allocation in TLS 1.3 certificate compression (CVE-2025-66199)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to out-of-bounds write in BIO filter (CVE-2025-68160)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Information disclosure and data tampering via specific low-level OCB encryption/decryption calls (CVE-2025-69418)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Arbitrary code execution due to out-of-bounds write in PKCS#12 processing (CVE-2025-69419)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via malformed PKCS#12 file processing (CVE-2025-69421)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via malformed TimeStamp Response (CVE-2025-69420)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to type confusion in PKCS#12 file processing (CVE-2026-22795)
* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service via type confusion in PKCS#7 signature verification (CVE-2026-22796)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:1473
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430375
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430376
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430377
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430378
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430379
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430380
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430381
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430386
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430387
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2430388
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 297287
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-1473.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/31/2026
Updated: 1/31/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15467
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-libs, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-11187, CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2025-15468, CVE-2025-15469, CVE-2025-66199, CVE-2025-68160, CVE-2025-69418, CVE-2025-69419, CVE-2025-69420, CVE-2025-69421, CVE-2026-22795, CVE-2026-22796