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Oracle Linux 8 : go-toolset:ol8 (ELSA-2026-6949)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305787

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-2026-6949 advisory.

 delve [1.25.2-1.0.1]
 - Disable DWARF compression which has issues (Alex Burmashev)

 [1.25.2-1]
 - Update to Delve 1.25.2 (Sync from CentOS Stream 9)
 - Related: RHEL-121223

 golang [1.25.7-2]
 - Update to Go 1.25.8 (fips-1)
 - Resolves: RHEL-156551

 [1.25.7-1]
 - Update to Go 1.25.7 (fips-1)
 - Resolves: RHEL-146469

 [1.25.5-1]
 - Update to Go 1.25.5 (fips-1)
 - Resolves: RHEL-139365

 [1.25.3-1]
 - Update to Go 1.25.3 (sync from CentOS Stream 9)
 - Build go-toolset as a subpackage
 - Preserve GOAMD64=v1 for RHEL 8
 - Resolves: RHEL-121223

 [1.24.6-1]
 - Update to Go 1.24.6 (fips-1)
 - Resolves: RHEL-106455

 [1.24.4-1]
 - Update to Go 1.24.4 (fips-1)
 - Resolves: RHEL-85264

 [1.23.9-1]
 - Update to Go 1.23.9
 - Resolves: RHEL-94636

 [1.23.6-1]
 - Update to Go 1.23.6
 - Resolves: RHEL-83824

 [1.22.11-1]
 - Rebase to Go1.22.11 to pick up fixes for CVE 2024-45341 and 2024-45336
 - Fix test failures with expired certificates
 - Resolves: RHEL-73752

 [1.22.9-2]
 - Remove bundled boringcrypto blob
 - Resolves: RHEL-54338

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-2026-6949.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305787

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-6949.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/9/2026

Updated: 4/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61731

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-src, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:delve, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-bin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61731, CVE-2026-25679

IAVB: 2026-B-0016-S, 2026-B-0055-S