RHEL 7 / 8 / 9 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 (RHSA-2026:12267)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 311506

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:12267 advisory.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.

Security Fix(es):

* bouncycastle: BC-JAVA: private key leakage via non-constant time comparisons (CVE-2026-5598)

A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about this flaw is available in the References section.

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgements, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.24 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:12267.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 311506

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-12267.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/2/2026

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5598

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-pkix, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-prov, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-pg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-mail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle-util, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eap7-bouncycastle

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5598

CWE: 385

RHSA: 2026:12267

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