RockyLinux 9 : golang (RLSA-2026:29981)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 322957

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:29981 advisory.

* net/textproto: golang: Golang net/textproto: Misleading error messages via input injection (CVE-2026-42507)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Update Go to version 1.26.4+1 [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-183350)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 322957

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-29981.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/26/2026

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42507

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-tests, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:golang-race

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42507

IAVB: 2026-B-0146

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