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RockyLinux 10 : curl (RLSA-2026:55432)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 335979
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:55432 advisory.* curl: Information disclosure due to uncleared proxy authentication state (CVE-2026-8927)
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 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 335979
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-55432.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 8/17/2026
Updated: 8/17/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8927
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:curl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libcurl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libcurl-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libcurl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libcurl
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-8927