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RockyLinux 10 : perl-Archive-Tar (RLSA-2026:30857)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 325115

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:30857 advisory.

 * perl-archive-tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access (CVE-2026-42496)

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 perl-Archive-Tar package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481314

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:30857

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 325115

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-30857.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/5/2026

Updated: 7/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-archive-tar, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42496