RockyLinux 8 : tomcat (RLSA-2026:68677)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 348285

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:68677 advisory.

* tomcat-coyote: Apache Tomcat: Authentication bypass via digest authentication (CVE-2026-43512)

* tomcat-coyote: Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 request headers not validated (CVE-2026-41293)

* tomcat-coyote: Apache Tomcat: Information disclosure due to HTTP Authentication Header exposure during WebSocket authentication. (CVE-2026-42498)

* tomcat-coyote: tomcat: Improper Authorization allows security bypass (CVE-2026-43515)

* tomcat-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity in LockOutRealm (CVE-2026-43513)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Authentication bypass via missing critical step in JNDIRealm GSSAPI configuration (CVE-2026-55957)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Security constraint bypass via improper URL encoding in rewrite valve (CVE-2026-59083)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Insufficient documentation for EncryptInterceptor may lead to insecure configurations (CVE-2026-59084)

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: Critical

ID: 348285

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-68677.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2026

Updated: 9/19/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

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-2026-43512

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41293, CVE-2026-42498, CVE-2026-43512, CVE-2026-43513, CVE-2026-43515, CVE-2026-55957, CVE-2026-59083, CVE-2026-59084

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