Oracle Linux 9 : php (ELSA-2026-33449)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 324880

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-2026-33449 advisory.

- Fix XSS within status endpoint CVE-2026-6735
- Fix Null pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init() CVE-2026-7259
- Fix Stale SOAP_GLOBAL(ref_map) pointer with Apache Map CVE-2026-6722
- Fix Use-after-free after header parsing failure with SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION CVE-2026-7261
- Fix Broken Apache map value NULL check CVE-2026-7262
- Fix Signed integer overflow of char array offset CVE-2026-7568

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-2026-33449.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 324880

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-33449.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, 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:oracle:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-process, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:php

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2026

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

IAVA: 2026-A-0440