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AlmaLinux 8 : mysql:8.0 (ALSA-2026:5580)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 303859

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:5580 advisory.

 * mysql: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2026) (CVE-2026-21941)
 * mysql: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2026) (CVE-2026-21948)
 * mysql: InnoDB unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2026) (CVE-2026-21936)
 * mysql: Optimizer unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2026) (CVE-2026-21968)
 * mysql: DDL unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2026) (CVE-2026-21937)
 * mysql: Thread Pooling unspecified vulnerability (CPU Jan 2026) (CVE-2026-21964)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-5580.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5580

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 303859

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-5580.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/26/2026

Updated: 3/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21968

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21948

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mysql-test, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mysql-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mysql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mysql-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mecab-ipadic-eucjp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mysql-server, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mysql-errmsg, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mecab-ipadic, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mecab-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mecab, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:mysql-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21936, CVE-2026-21937, CVE-2026-21941, CVE-2026-21948, CVE-2026-21964, CVE-2026-21968

RHSA: 2026:5580