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AlmaLinux 9 : openssh (ALSA-2026:13381)

high Nessus Plugin ID 312111

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:13381 advisory.

 * OpenSSH: OpenSSH: Privilege escalation via scp legacy protocol when not preserving file mode (CVE-2026-35385)
 * OpenSSH: OpenSSH: Security bypass via mishandling of authorized_keys principals option (CVE-2026-35414)
 * OpenSSH: OpenSSH: Information disclosure due to unintended cryptographic algorithm usage (CVE-2026-35387)
 * OpenSSH: OpenSSH: Low integrity impact from unconfirmed proxy-mode multiplexing sessions (CVE-2026-35388)
 * OpenSSH: OpenSSH: Arbitrary command execution via shell metacharacters in username (CVE-2026-35386)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-13381.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13381

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312111

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-13381.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/5/2026

Updated: 5/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35414

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openssh, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openssh-askpass, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:openssh-keycat, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35385, CVE-2026-35386, CVE-2026-35387, CVE-2026-35388, CVE-2026-35414

CWE: 115, 168, 281, 306, 78

RHSA: 2026:13381