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RHEL 7 : abrt (RHSA-2026:69121)

high Nessus Plugin ID 348368

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for abrt.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:69121 advisory.

 The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) recognizes defects in applications and creates bug reports that help maintainers fix the defects. ABRT uses a plug-in system to extend its functionality.

 Security Fix(es):

 * abrt: event handler scripts follow symlinks when writing output files, allowing arbitrary file overwrites (CVE-2026-54230)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL abrt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:69121.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69121

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488568

http://www.nessus.org/u?1c548255

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348368

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-69121.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2026

Updated: 9/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-54230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-ccpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-pstoreoops, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-upload-watch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-vmcore, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-addon-xorg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-console-notification, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-dbus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-desktop, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-gui-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-gui-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-python-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-retrace-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt-tui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:abrt

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54230

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2026:69121