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Oracle Linux 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (ELSA-2026-4672)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 302824

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-4672 advisory.

 - rebuild for CVE-2025-68121
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-61729
 - fixes 'CVE-2025-47913 container-tools:rhel8/buildah: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent: SSH client panic due to unexpected SSH_AGENT_SUCCESS [rhel-8.10.z]'
 - fixes '[Minor Incident] CVE-2025-52881 container-tools:rhel8/buildah: container escape and denial of service due to arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects [rhel-8.10.z]'
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-58183
 - fixes 'CVE-2025-22871 container-tools:rhel8/buildah: Request smuggling due to acceptance of invalid chunked data in net/http [rhel-8.10.z]'
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-68121
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-61729
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-22871
 - rebuild for CVE-2024-1394
 - Fix CVE-2021-3592 CVE-2021-3593 CVE-2021-3594 CVE-2021-3595 out-of-bounds access
 - replace patch for CVE-2020-10756 with dedicated upstream one
 - fix 'CVE-2020-10756 QEMU: slirp: networking out-of-bounds read information disclosure vulnerability'
 - CVE-2020-1983 fix
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-68121
 - fixes 'CVE-2025-47913 container-tools:rhel8/podman: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent: SSH client panic due to unexpected SSH_AGENT_SUCCESS [rhel-8.10.z]'
 - fixes '[Minor Incident] CVE-2025-52881 container-tools:rhel8/podman: container escape and denial of service due to arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects [rhel-8.10.z]'
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-58183
 - fixes 'CVE-2025-9566 container-tools:rhel8/podman: Podman kube play command may overwrite host files [rhel-8.10.z]'
 - fixes 'CVE-2025-6032 container-tools:rhel8/podman: podman missing TLS verification [rhel-8.10.z]'
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-68121
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-61729
 - fix CVE-2025-31133 CVE-2025-52565 CVE-2025-52881
 - rebuild for CVE-2024-1394
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-68121
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-61729
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-58183
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-22871
 - rebuild for CVE-2024-24786

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-4672.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 302824

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-4672.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2026

Updated: 3/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:aardvark-dns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-docker, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:crun, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netavark, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:crit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:udica, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-68121

IAVB: 2026-B-0016-S