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Oracle Linux 9 : libssh (ELSA-2026-18683)

high Nessus Plugin ID 322180

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-18683 advisory.

 - Resolves: CVE-2025-4877
 - Resolves: CVE-2025-4878
 - Resolves: CVE-2025-5351
 - Resolves: CVE-2025-8114
 - Resolves: CVE-2025-8277
 - Resolves: CVE-2026-0964
 - Resolves: CVE-2026-0965
 - Resolves: CVE-2026-0966
 - Resolves: CVE-2026-0967

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected libssh, libssh-config and / or libssh-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-18683.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 322180

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-18683.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/23/2026

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-config, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4877, CVE-2025-4878, CVE-2025-5351, CVE-2025-8114, CVE-2025-8277, CVE-2026-0964, CVE-2026-0965, CVE-2026-0966, CVE-2026-0967, CVE-2026-0968

IAVA: 2025-A-0462-S, 2025-A-0692-S, 2026-A-0166