Detections
Analytics
Oracle Linux 8 : attr (ELSA-2026-56133)
high Nessus Plugin ID 337882
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-56133 advisory.- rebase to 2.6.0 to fix the following CVEs:
- CVE-2026-54371 - Symlink Traversal Privilege Escalation via getfattr (RHEL-186121)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 attr, libattr and / or libattr-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 337882
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-56133.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/19/2026
Updated: 8/19/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.52
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54371
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.4
Threat Score: 5.8
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:attr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libattr-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libattr
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-54371