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RockyLinux 8 : tomcat (RLSA-2026:37137)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326226

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:37137 advisory.

 * Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Information disclosure via Padding Oracle vulnerability in EncryptInterceptor (CVE-2026-29146)

 * Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to EncryptInterceptor bypass (CVE-2026-34486)

 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * Remove tomcat clustering JAR from RPM builds (JIRA:Rocky Linux-183993)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457020

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457027

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:37137

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326226

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-37137.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/10/2026

Updated: 7/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

Percentile: 96.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34486

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29146

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-webapps, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29146, CVE-2026-34486