Oracle Linux 9 : golang (ELSA-2026-37435)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326381

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-2026-37435 advisory.

[1.26.5-1.0.1]
- EXPERIMENTAL: Introduce fipsnoenforceems GODEBUG var

[1.26.5-1]
- Update to Go 1.26.5 (fips-1)
- Resolves: RHEL-193476

[1.25.7-1]
- Update to Go 1.25.7 (fips-1)
- Resolves: RHEL-146452

[1.25.5-1]
- Update to Go 1.25.5 (fips-1)
- Resolves: RHEL-139364

[1.25.3-2]
- Cleanup lib/ ownership

[1.25.3-1]
- Update to Go 1.25.3
- Resolves: RHEL-121220

[1.25.1-1]
- Update to Go 1.25.1
- Resolves: RHEL-116850

[1.25.0-2]
- Revert DWARF5 defaults
- Add elf5 to rpminspect.yaml
- Related: RHEL-109557

[1.25.0-1]
- Update to Go 1.25.0
- Set GOAMD64 to v2 to align with new architecture baselines
- Modify the modify_go.env.patch to reflect GOAMD64 baseline version change to v2
- Resolves: RHEL-109557

[1.24.6-1]
- Update to Go 1.24.6 (fips-1)
- Resolves: RHEL-106461

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-2026-37435.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326381

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-37435.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2026

Updated: 7/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

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-2026-39821

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:golang-bin, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39821, CVE-2026-39822