RHEL 10 / 8 / 9 : Updated discovery-cli RPM versions 2.4.3 (Important) (RHSA-2026:2823)

high Nessus Plugin ID 299322

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 / 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:2823 advisory.

New 2.4.3 version of discovery-cli (dsc) is now available for Discovery 2.4. This version contains a fix for CVE-2026-24049 .

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 affected discovery-cli package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299322

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-2823.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/17/2026

Updated: 2/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24049

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:discovery-cli, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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: 2/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24049

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2026:2823

Detections

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