AlmaLinux 9 : git-lfs (ALSA-2026:3928)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 301381

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:3928 advisory.

* 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 git-lfs package.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-3928.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3928

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 301381

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-3928.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/6/2026

Updated: 3/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

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: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-lfs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-68121

CWE: 1050, 770

IAVB: 2025-B-0194-S, 2026-B-0016-S

RHSA: 2026:3928