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Oracle Linux 10 : libcap (ELSA-2026-12423)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311542

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-12423 advisory.

 [2.69-7.1]
 - Fix TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file() (CVE-2026-4878) Resolves: RHEL-169301

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected libcap and / or libcap-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-12423.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311542

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-12423.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2026

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4878

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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:oracle:linux:10:1:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcap-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcap

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4878