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AlmaLinux 9 : php:8.3 (ALSA-2026:22142)

high Nessus Plugin ID 318177

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-2026:22142 advisory.

 * PHP: PHP: Denial of Service via improper handling of signed characters in ctype functions (CVE-2026-7258)
 * PHP: PHP-FPM: PHP-FPM: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via improper URL sanitation (CVE-2026-6735)
 * php: NULL pointer dereference in SOAP apache:Map decoder with missing <value> (CVE-2026-7262)
 * php: signed integer overflow in metaphone() (CVE-2026-7568)

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-2026-22142.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22142

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 318177

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-22142.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/2/2026

Updated: 6/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ffi, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-rrd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-apcu-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-snmp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:apcu-panel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gd, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-enchant, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ldap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-xdebug3, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-zip, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-apcu, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pecl-redis6

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: 6/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6735, CVE-2026-7258, CVE-2026-7262, CVE-2026-7568

CWE: 190, 476, 79, 839

RHSA: 2026:22142