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MiracleLinux 8 : openssh-8.0p1-28.el8_10 (AXSA:2026-408:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 305058

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2026-408:01 advisory.

 * openssh: OpenSSH GSSAPI: Information disclosure or denial of service due to uninitialized variables (CVE-2026-3497)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/23233

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 305058

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2026-408.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/6/2026

Updated: 4/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-cavs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3497