AlmaLinux 10 : tomcat update (Medium) (ALSA-2026:69259)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 348814

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:69259 advisory.

* Apache Tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Improper Input Validation vulnerability due to incomplete fix (CVE-2026-32990)
* 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-catalina: Apache Tomcat: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity in LockOutRealm (CVE-2026-43513)
* tomcat-coyote: tomcat: Improper Authorization allows security bypass (CVE-2026-43515)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69259

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-69259.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 348814

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-69259.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/22/2026

Updated: 9/22/2026

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32990

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32990, CVE-2026-41293, CVE-2026-42498, CVE-2026-43512, CVE-2026-43513, CVE-2026-43515

CWE: 1286, 178, 184, 201, 303, 551

RHSA: 2026:69259