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RHEL 9 : buildah (RHSA-2026:3298)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 299930
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for buildah.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:3298 advisory.The buildah package provides a tool for facilitating building OCI container images. Among other things, buildah enables you to: Create a working container, either from scratch or using an image as a starting point; Create an image, either from a working container or using the instructions in a Dockerfile; Build both Docker and OCI images.
Security Fix(es):
* crypto/x509: golang: Denial of Service due to excessive resource consumption via crafted certificate (CVE-2025-61729)
* golang: net/url: Memory exhaustion in query parameter parsing in net/url (CVE-2025-61726)
* crypto/tls: Unexpected session resumption in crypto/tls (CVE-2025-68121)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL buildah package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:3298.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418462
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2434432
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437111
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 299930
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-3298.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/25/2026
Updated: 2/25/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2025