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AlmaLinux 10 : polkit (ALSA-2026:59997)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 340719

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2026:59997 advisory.

 * polkit: Polkit: Denial of Service via unbounded input processing through standard input (CVE-2026-4897)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59997

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-59997.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 340719

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-59997.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/26/2026

Updated: 8/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.93

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:polkit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4897

CWE: 770

RHSA: 2026:59997