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Oracle Linux 8 : container-tools:ol8 (ELSA-2026-38504)

high Nessus Plugin ID 327705

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-38504 advisory.

 - bump golang.org/x/crypto to v0.53.0 to fix CVE-2026-39829, CVE-2026-39830, CVE-2026-39832

 cockpit-podman
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-68121
 - update to the latest content of v4.9-rhel (commit bd39e82) to fix CVE-2026-39835, CVE-2026-57231, CVE-2026-25681, CVE-2026-27136
 - rebuild for CVE-2025-68121
 - Rebuild for CVE-2026-32281

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-2026-38504.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 327705

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-38504.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2026

Updated: 7/18/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33811

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:aardvark-dns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-docker, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:crun, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:netavark, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:crit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:criu-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-podman, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:udica

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33811, CVE-2026-39835, CVE-2026-57231

IAVA: 2026-A-0659

IAVB: 2026-B-0120