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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : ca-certificates update (USN-8436-1)

info Nessus Plugin ID 321370

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8436-1 advisory.

 The ca-certificates package contained outdated CA certificates. This update refreshes the included certificates to those contained in the 2.86 version of the Mozilla certificate authority bundle.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ca-certificates package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8436-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 321370

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8436-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2026

Updated: 6/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ca-certificates, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Reference Information

USN: 8436-1