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CentOS 9 : libgcrypt-1.10.0-12.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 324006

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for libgcrypt.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libgcrypt-1.10.0-12.el9 build changelog.

 - Denial of Service and buffer overflow via crafted ECDH ciphertext (CVE-2026-41989)

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 CentOS 9 Stream libgcrypt package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=116940

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 324006

File Name: centos9_libgcrypt-1_10_0-12_116940.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcrypt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcrypt, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41989

IAVA: 2026-A-0403