RHEL 9 : frr10 (RHSA-2026:49607)

high Nessus Plugin ID 331689

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:49607 advisory.

FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It takes a multi-server and multi- threaded approach to resolve the current complexity of the Internet. FRRouting supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD. FRRouting is a fork of Quagga.

Security Fix(es):

* frr: FRRouting: Denial of Service via crafted BGP UPDATE message (CVE-2026-37460)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* frr10 triggers SELinux denials when reading root's Python site-packages directory on RHEL-9 (JIRA:RHEL-222338)

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

Solution

Update the affected frr10 and / or frr10-selinux packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331689

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-49607.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/3/2026

Updated: 8/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2026-37460

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr10-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-37460

CWE: 1286

RHSA: 2026:49607

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