RockyLinux 10 : openssl (RLSA-2026:25237)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 320952

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:25237 advisory.

* openssl: OpenSSL: Heap buffer overflow due to signed integer overflow in Unicode output sizing (CVE-2026-7383)

* openssl: OpenSSL: Denial of Service due to heap out-of-bounds read in CMS password-based decryption (CVE-2026-9076)

* openssl: OpenSSL: Heap buffer over-read in ASN.1 decoding can lead to denial of service or information disclosure. (CVE-2026-34180)

* openssl: PKCS#12 Files with PBMAC1 Are Accepted with Short HMAC Keys (CVE-2026-34181)

* openssl: CMS AuthEnvelopedData Processing May Accept Forged Messages (CVE-2026-34182)

* openssl: Unbounded Memory Growth in the QUIC PATH_CHALLENGE Handler (CVE-2026-34183)

* openssl: NULL pointer dereference in QUIC server initial packet handling (CVE-2026-42764)

* openssl: Possible NULL Dereference in Password-Based CMS Decryption (CVE-2026-42766)

* openssl: NULL Pointer Dereference in CRMF EncryptedValue Decryption (CVE-2026-42767)

* openssl: Multi-RecipientInfo Bleichenbacher Oracle in CMS_decrypt() and PKCS7_decrypt() (CVE-2026-42768)

* openssl: Trust-Anchor Substitution via cert/issuer Typo in CMP rootCaKeyUpdate (CVE-2026-42769)

* openssl: FFC-DH Peer Validation Uses Attacker-Supplied q (CVE-2026-42770)

* openssl: AES-OCB IV Ignored on EVP_Cipher() Path (CVE-2026-45445)

* openssl: Incorrect Tag Processing for Empty Messages in AES-GCM-SIV and AES-SIV modes (CVE-2026-45446)

* openssl: Heap Use-After-Free in OpenSSL PKCS7_verify() (CVE-2026-45447)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:25237

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481897

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481890

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481892

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481880

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481882

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481891

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481881

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481879

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481884

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481894

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481885

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481898

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481896

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481893

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481887

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 320952

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-25237.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/12/2026

Updated: 6/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45447

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34182

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssl-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34180, CVE-2026-34181, CVE-2026-34182, CVE-2026-34183, CVE-2026-42764, CVE-2026-42766, CVE-2026-42767, CVE-2026-42768, CVE-2026-42769, CVE-2026-42770, CVE-2026-45445, CVE-2026-45446, CVE-2026-45447, CVE-2026-7383, CVE-2026-9076