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AlmaLinux 9 : python3.14-cryptography (ALSA-2026:64774)

high Nessus Plugin ID 343826

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:64774 advisory.

 * python-cryptography: python-cryptography: Duplicate self-signed intermediates can cause exponential path-building (CVE-2026-69249)
 * python-cryptography: python-cryptography: python-cryptography verifier accepts wildcard DNS names allowing escape from permittedSubtrees (CVE-2026-69248)

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 python3.14-cryptography package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64774

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-64774.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343826

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-64774.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/8/2026

Updated: 9/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.95

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-69248

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-69249

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:python3.14-cryptography

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: 9/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-69248, CVE-2026-69249

CWE: 295, 770

RHSA: 2026:64774