RHEL 8 : .NET 10.0 (RHSA-2026:54542)

high Nessus Plugin ID 335252

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-2026:54542 advisory.

.NET is a fast, lightweight and modular platform for creating cross platform applications that work on Linux, macOS and Windows. It particularly focuses on creating console applications, web applications and micro-services. .NET contains a runtime conforming to .NET Standards a set of framework libraries, an SDK containing compilers and a 'dotnet' application to drive everything.

SDK version: 10.0.111 Runtime version: 10.0.11

Security Fix(es):

* .NET: .NET Core: .NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2026-62899)

* .NET: .NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2026-62900)

* .NET: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2026-62901)

* .NET: .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2026-62909)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Update .NET 10.0 to SDK 10.0.111 and Runtime 10.0.11 (JIRA:RHEL-235478)

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: High

ID: 335252

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-54542.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.82

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-62909

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-runtime-dbg-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-hostfxr-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-runtime-dbg-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-10.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-aot-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-sdk-dbg-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet-templates-10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dotnet

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: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-62899, CVE-2026-62900, CVE-2026-62901, CVE-2026-62909

CWE: 212, 252, 444, 606

RHSA: 2026:54542

Detections

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