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AlmaLinux 9 : php (ALSA-2026:33449)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 324580

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-2026:33449 advisory.

 * php: php-soap: php-src: PHP SOAP extension: Remote Code Execution via use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-6722)
 * PHP: PHP: Denial of Service via improper handling of signed characters in ctype functions (CVE-2026-7258)
 * PHP: PHP-FPM: PHP-FPM: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via improper URL sanitation (CVE-2026-6735)
 * PHP: PHP SoapServer: Memory corruption and information disclosure via incorrect persistence handling (CVE-2026-7261)
 * php: NULL pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init() (CVE-2026-7259)
 * php: NULL pointer dereference in SOAP apache:Map decoder with missing <value> (CVE-2026-7262)
 * php: signed integer overflow in metaphone() (CVE-2026-7568)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33449

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-33449.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 324580

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-33449.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7261

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.5

Threat Score: 9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6722

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gd, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dba, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-xml, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-intl, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-soap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mbstring, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-fpm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6722, CVE-2026-6735, CVE-2026-7258, CVE-2026-7259, CVE-2026-7261, CVE-2026-7262, CVE-2026-7568

CWE: 190, 476, 79, 825, 839

RHSA: 2026:33449