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Oracle Linux 10 : libssh (ELSA-2026-18160)

high Nessus Plugin ID 327004

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-18160 advisory.

 [0.12.0-2]
 - Fix the verbosity of some new logs added in 0.12.0 Resolves: RHEL-93748

 [0.12.0-1]
 - Rebase to 0.12.0 Resolves: RHEL-133421, RHEL-70825, RHEL-130042
 - Add a Requires for crypto-policies instead of a Recommends Resolves: RHEL-139045

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 libssh, libssh-config and / or libssh-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-18160.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 327004

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-18160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2026

Updated: 7/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52.02

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-config, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2:baseos_base

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: 7/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0964, CVE-2026-0965, CVE-2026-0966, CVE-2026-0967, CVE-2026-0968

IAVA: 2026-A-0166