RHEL 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (RHSA-2026:49944)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 331973

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:49944 advisory.

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.

Security Fix(es):

* crypto/x509: golang: Denial of Service due to excessive resource consumption via crafted certificate (CVE-2025-61729)

* golang: archive/zip: Excessive CPU consumption when building archive index in archive/zip (CVE-2025-61728)

* golang: net/url: Memory exhaustion in query parameter parsing in net/url (CVE-2025-61726)

* crypto/tls: Unexpected session resumption in crypto/tls (CVE-2025-68121)

* net/url: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url (CVE-2026-25679)

* github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4: Go JOSE: Denial of Service via crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) object (CVE-2026-34986)

* crypto/x509: golang: Go crypto/x509: Denial of Service via inefficient certificate chain validation (CVE-2026-32281)

* crypto/tls: golang: Go crypto/tls: Denial of Service via multiple TLS 1.3 key update messages (CVE-2026-32283)

* crypto/x509: crypto/tls: golang: Go: Denial of Service vulnerability in certificate chain building (CVE-2026-32280)

* golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service via crafted public key with excessive parameters (CVE-2026-39829)

* golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service via resource leak from unsolicited SSH responses (CVE-2026-39830)

* golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent: Security bypass due to improper handling of key restrictions (CVE-2026-39832)

* golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts: golang: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts: Revocation bypass via unchecked SignatureKey (CVE-2026-42508)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* [RHEL 8.8] Buildah specfile missing dumpspec test binary (JIRA:RHEL-170411)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 331973

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-49944.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/4/2026

Updated: 8/4/2026

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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.11

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aardvark-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:buildah, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:conmon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:container-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containernetworking-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:containers-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:crit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:criu-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:criu-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:criu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:crun, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fuse-overlayfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libslirp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libslirp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netavark, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oci-seccomp-bpf-hook, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-catatonit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-gvproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-criu, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-podman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:runc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:skopeo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:slirp4netns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:toolbox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:udica

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-68121, CVE-2026-25679, CVE-2026-32280, CVE-2026-32281, CVE-2026-32283, CVE-2026-34986, CVE-2026-39829, CVE-2026-39830, CVE-2026-39832, CVE-2026-42508

CWE: 1050, 1284, 1286, 131, 281, 295, 764, 770, 772

RHSA: 2026:49944

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