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AlmaLinux 9 : php (ALSA-2026:61259)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 342135

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:61259 advisory.

 * php: ext/openssl: memory corruption in openssl_encrypt with AES-WRAP-PAD (CVE-2026-14355)
 * php: ext-pgsql: PHP: SQL injection via improper backslash escaping (CVE-2026-17543)
 * php: PHP: Denial of Service via circular symbolic links in phar archives (CVE-2026-7260)


 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * Backport fix for CVE-2026-14355 to PHP 8.0 in 9.8.z (JIRA:AlmaLinux-192624)
 * Backport fix for CVE-2026-17543 and CVE-2026-7260 to PHP 8.0 in 9.8.z (JIRA:AlmaLinux-223940)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61259

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-61259.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 342135

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-61259.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/1/2026

Updated: 9/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-17543

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-dbg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ffi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-gmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-opcache, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:php

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-14355, CVE-2026-17543, CVE-2026-7260

CWE: 606, 787, 89

RHSA: 2026:61259