AlmaLinux 10 : firefox (ALSA-2026:7672)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 306552

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:7672 advisory.

* libpng: libpng: Arbitrary code execution due to use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-33416)
* libpng: libpng: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read/write in Neon palette expansion (CVE-2026-33636)
* thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2 (CVE-2026-5734)
* thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2 (CVE-2026-5731)
* firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Graphics: Text component (CVE-2026-5732)

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 firefox package.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-7672.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7672

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 306552

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-7672.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/15/2026

Updated: 4/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2026-5734

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:firefox, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv

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: 4/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33416, CVE-2026-33636, CVE-2026-5731, CVE-2026-5732, CVE-2026-5734

CWE: 124, 190, 787, 825

RHSA: 2026:7672