RockyLinux 8 : python-urllib3 (RLSA-2026:36732)

high Nessus Plugin ID 330697

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:36732 advisory.

* urllib3: urllib3: Information disclosure via cross-origin redirects forwarding sensitive headers (CVE-2026-44431)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python3-urllib3 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477167

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:36732

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330697

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-36732.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 7/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44431

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-urllib3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44431