The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:38995 advisory.

    Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.

    Security Fix(es):

    * golang.org/x/net/idna: golang: golang.org/x/net/idna: Privilege escalation via incorrect Punycode label     processing (CVE-2026-39821)

    * crypto/x509: golang: golang crypto/x509: Denial of Service via excessive processing of DNS SAN entries     (CVE-2026-27145)

    * os: golang: Go os.Root: Symlink following vulnerability allows directory traversal (CVE-2026-39822)

    Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

    * Update Go to version 1.26.5+1 [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-193478)

    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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 8 : go-toolset:rhel8 (RHSA-2026:38995)

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