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RHEL 8 : rhc (RHSA-2026:15980)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 314234

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rhc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:15980 advisory.

 rhc is a client tool and daemon that connects the system to Red Hat hosted services enabling system and subscription management.

 Security Fix(es):

 * golang: internal/syscall/unix: Root.Chmod can follow symlinks out of the root (CVE-2026-32282)

 * crypto/tls: golang: Go crypto/tls: Denial of Service via multiple TLS 1.3 key update messages (CVE-2026-32283)

 * crypto/x509: crypto/tls: golang: Go: Denial of Service vulnerability in certificate chain building (CVE-2026-32280)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL rhc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:15980.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15980

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456336

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456338

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456339

http://www.nessus.org/u?90bd9518

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 314234

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-15980.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2026

Updated: 5/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32282

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc

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: 5/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32280, CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-32283

CWE: 367, 764, 770

RHSA: 2026:15980