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Oracle Linux 9 : nginx:1.24 (ELSA-2026-3638)

high Nessus Plugin ID 300932

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-3638 advisory.

 - Resolves: RHEL-146526 - nginx:1.24/nginx: NGINX: Data injection via man-in-the-middle attack on TLS proxied connections (CVE-2026-1642)
 - Resolves: RHEL-84480 - nginx:1.24/nginx: specially crafted MP4 file may cause denial of service (CVE-2024-7347)

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-3638.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 300932

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-3638.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 3/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-core, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-all-modules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nginx-mod-mail

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: 3/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1642

IAVA: 2026-A-0140