AlmaLinux 9 : cockpitUnauthenticated remote code execution due to SSH command-line argument injection (Critical) (ALSA-2026:7384)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 306662

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:7384 advisory.

* cockpit: ws: be more explicit when handling hostnames on cli (CVE-2026-4631)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-7384.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7384

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 306662

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-7384.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/16/2026

Updated: 4/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4631

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-packagekit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-system, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-ws, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-ws-selinux, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-bridge, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-storaged

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: 4/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4631

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2026:7384