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Oracle Linux 9 : ELSA-2026-62217-0: / libssh (ELSA-2026-622170)

high Nessus Plugin ID 343487

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-622170 advisory.

 [0.10.4-19]
 - Backport CVE patches from 0.11.5 Resolves: RHEL-213033 Resolves: RHEL-213041 Resolves: RHEL-213047 Resolves: RHEL-213081 Resolves: RHEL-213114 Resolves: RHEL-213119 Resolves: RHEL-213151

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 libssh, libssh-config and / or libssh-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-62217-0.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343487

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-622170.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2026

Updated: 9/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, 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:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-config, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh

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: 9/1/2026

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

IAVA: 2026-A-0788