RHEL 7 : compat-glibc (RHSA-2026:37396)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 325975

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for compat-glibc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:37396 advisory.

This package contains stub shared libraries and static libraries from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. To compile and link against these compatibility libraries, use gcc -fgnu89-inline \
-I /usr/lib/ppc-redhat-linux6E/include \
-B /usr/lib/ppc-redhat-linux6E/lib/

Security Fix(es):

* glibc: glibc: Heap Buffer Overflow in `scanf` with `%mc` format specifier and large width (CVE-2026-5450)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL compat-glibc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:37396.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 325975

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-37396.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.97

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2026-5450

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-glibc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5450

CWE: 131

RHSA: 2026:37396

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