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Oracle Linux 9 : postgresql:16 (ELSA-2026-26203)

high Nessus Plugin ID 322865

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-2026-26203 advisory.

 pgaudit [16.0-1]
 - Update to 16.0
 - Support postgresql 16
 - Initial import for PG 16 module
 - Resolves: RHEL-3635

 pg_repack [1.5.1-1]
 - Update to v1.5.1

 [1.4.8-2]
 - Add new build dependencies to fix build with lz4 enabled
 - Related: RHEL-47604

 [1.4.8-1]
 - Resolves: RHEL-3636
 - Initial import for PG 16 module

 pgvector [0.6.2-2]
 - Enable Portable build
 - Resolves: RHEL-84405

 [0.6.2-1]
 - Initial packaging

 postgis [3.5.3-5]
 - Rebuild for adding tmt metadata

 [3.5.3-4]
 - Avoid perl(Pg) dependency on RHEL, from the Fedora spec change from [email protected]

 [3.5.3-3]
 - Rebuild (gdal)

 [3.5.3-2]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild

 [3.5.3-1]
 - Update to 3.5.3

 [3.5.2-2]
 - Rebuild (SFCGAL)

 [3.5.2-1]
 - Update to 3.5.2

 [3.5.1-2]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild

 [3.5.1-1]
 - Update to 3.5.1

 [3.5.0-3]
 - Rebuild (GDAL)

 postgres-decoderbufs [2.4.0-1.Final]
 - Initial import for postgresql 16 stream
 - Related: RHEL-3635

 postgresql [16.14-1]
 - Update to 16.14
 - Fix CVE-2026-6478

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-26203.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 322865

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-26203.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2026

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, 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-2026-6477

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgis, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pgvector, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgis-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgis-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgis-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgis-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-pltcl

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: 6/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6473, CVE-2026-6475, CVE-2026-6477, CVE-2026-6478

IAVB: 2026-B-0129