AlmaLinux 9 : buildah (ALSA-2026:29455)

high Nessus Plugin ID 322839

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-2026:29455 advisory.

* net/url: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url (CVE-2026-25679)
* crypto/x509: golang: Go crypto/x509: Denial of Service via inefficient certificate chain validation (CVE-2026-32281)
* crypto/tls: golang: Go crypto/tls: Denial of Service via multiple TLS 1.3 key update messages (CVE-2026-32283)
* crypto/x509: crypto/tls: golang: Go: Denial of Service vulnerability in certificate chain building (CVE-2026-32280)
* golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service via crafted public key with excessive parameters (CVE-2026-39829)
* golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service via resource leak from unsolicited SSH responses (CVE-2026-39830)

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 buildah and / or buildah-tests packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29455

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-29455.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 322839

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-29455.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/25/2026

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:buildah-tests, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25679, CVE-2026-32280, CVE-2026-32281, CVE-2026-32283, CVE-2026-39829, CVE-2026-39830

CWE: 1050, 1284, 1286, 764, 770, 772

IAVB: 2026-B-0055-S, 2026-B-0089-S, 2026-B-0120

RHSA: 2026:29455