AlmaLinux 9 : opentelemetry-collector (ALSA-2026:4177)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 302221

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-2026:4177 advisory.

* 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 opentelemetry-collector package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4177

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-4177.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 302221

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-4177.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 3/13/2026

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

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: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

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

CWE: 770

IAVB: 2026-B-0016-S

RHSA: 2026:4177