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AlmaLinux 8 : git-lfs (ALSA-2026:16875)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 314439

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:16875 advisory.

 * net/url: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url (CVE-2026-25679)
 * 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)

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 git-lfs package.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-16875.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16875

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 314439

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-16875.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/13/2026

Updated: 5/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-lfs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25679, CVE-2026-32280, CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-32283

CWE: 1286, 367, 764, 770

IAVB: 2026-B-0055-S, 2026-B-0089

RHSA: 2026:16875