AlmaLinux 9 : gstreamer1-plugins-good (ALSA-2026:53452)

high Nessus Plugin ID 334867

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:53452 advisory.

* gst-plugins-good: gst-plugins-good: unbounded memory growth in rtph264depay and rtph265depay RTP depayloaders (CVE-2026-18649)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 gstreamer1-plugins-good and / or gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53452

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-53452.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 334867

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-53452.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/12/2026

Updated: 8/12/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-18649

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good-gtk, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gstreamer1-plugins-good

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-18649

CWE: 770

RHSA: 2026:53452