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AlmaLinux 9 : rrdtool (ALSA-2026:34156)

high Nessus Plugin ID 324586

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:34156 advisory.

 * rrdtool: Stack buffer overflow in rrdcached handle_request_create() allows local privilege escalation via unbounded DS/RRA arguments (CVE-2026-43958)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34156

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-34156.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 324586

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-34156.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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.98

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43958

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rrdtool-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rrdtool-tcl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rrdtool, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rrdtool-ruby, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-rrdtool, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rrdtool-perl, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rrdtool-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rrdtool-lua, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43958

CWE: 121

RHSA: 2026:34156