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RockyLinux 9 : golang (RLSA-2026:2709)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 299291

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-2026:2709 advisory.

 * golang: archive/zip: Excessive CPU consumption when building archive index in archive/zip (CVE-2025-61728)

 * golang: net/url: Memory exhaustion in query parameter parsing in net/url (CVE-2025-61726)

 * cmd/cgo: Potential code smuggling via doc comments in cmd/cgo (CVE-2025-61732)

 * crypto/tls: Unexpected session resumption in crypto/tls (CVE-2025-68121)

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-2026:2709

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2434431

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2434432

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437016

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437111

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 299291

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-2709.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/17/2026

Updated: 2/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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-2025-68121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-tests, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-race

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-61732, CVE-2025-68121

IAVB: 2026-B-0016-S, 2026-B-0040