RockyLinux 9 : libssh (RLSA-2026:62217)

high Nessus Plugin ID 342367

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:62217 advisory.

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via zero advertised channel packet size (CVE-2026-59843)

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via oversized SFTP read length (CVE-2026-59844)

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via unchecked ProxyCommand fork() failure (CVE-2026-59845)

* libssh: libssh: information disclosure via ProxyCommand %r username expansion (CVE-2026-59846)

* libssh: libssh: integrity downgrade via OpenSSL AES-GCM tag verification (CVE-2026-59847)

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via SFTP responses with unknown request IDs (CVE-2026-59848)

* libssh: libssh: use-after-free via data callbacks on closed channels (CVE-2026-59850)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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: 342367

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-62217.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/2/2026

Updated: 9/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.06

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libssh-config, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libssh-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libssh-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libssh

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59843, CVE-2026-59844, CVE-2026-59845, CVE-2026-59846, CVE-2026-59847, CVE-2026-59848, CVE-2026-59850

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