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Oracle Linux 8 : python3 (ELSA-2026-2128)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 298222

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-2128 advisory.

 [3.6.8-73.0.1]
 - Add Oracle Linux distribution in platform.py [Orabug: 20812544]

 [3.6.8.openela.0]
 - Add openela to supported dists

 [3.6.8-73]
 - Security fixes for CVE-2026-0865, CVE-2025-15366, CVE-2025-15367, CVE-2026-1299 Resolves: RHEL-143063, RHEL-143120, RHEL-144860

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-2128.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 298222

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-2128.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2026

Updated: 2/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1299

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:platform-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:platform-python-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-tkinter, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:platform-python-debug

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15366, CVE-2025-15367, CVE-2026-0865, CVE-2026-1299