RHEL 9 : jmc (RHSA-2026:20568)

high Nessus Plugin ID 317002

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:20568 advisory.

JDK Mission Control is a powerful profiler for HotSpot JVMs and has an advanced set of tools that enables efficient and detailed analysis of the extensive data collected by JDK Flight Recorder. The tool chain enables developers and administrators to collect and analyze data from Java applications running locally or deployed in production environments.

Security Fix(es):

* lz4-java: lz4-java: Information Disclosure via Insufficient Output Buffer Clearing (CVE-2025-66566)

* org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-http: HTTP request smuggling via chunked extension quoted-string parsing (CVE-2026-2332)

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 jmc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:20568.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 317002

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-20568.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/27/2026

Updated: 5/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2332

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-66566

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jmc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-66566, CVE-2026-2332

CWE: 444, 908

RHSA: 2026:20568

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