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AlmaLinux 9 : libcap (ALSA-2026:12441)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311552

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-2026:12441 advisory.

 * libcap: libcap: Privilege escalation via TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file() (CVE-2026-4878)

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 libcap and / or libcap-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-12441.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12441

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311552

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-12441.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/2/2026

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libcap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libcap-devel

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: 4/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4878

CWE: 367

RHSA: 2026:12441