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MiracleLinux 8 : expat-2.5.0-2.el8_10.2 (AXSA:2026-1805:10)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 344585

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1805:10 advisory.

 * expat: libexpat: Use-after-free vulnerability due to improper handler call depth tracking (CVE-2026-50219)
 * expat: libexpat: Arbitrary Code Execution via Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-56132)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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 expat and / or expat-devel packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/24630

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 344585

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2026-1805.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/10/2026

Updated: 9/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.56

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-50219

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56132

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:expat-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:expat

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-50219, CVE-2026-56132