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AlmaLinux 10 : curl (ALSA-2026:69125)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 348816
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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-2026:69125 advisory.* libcurl: libcurl: Security feature bypass due to improper mTLS connection reuse (CVE-2026-8932)
* curl: curl: Information disclosure via incorrect .netrc password lookup (CVE-2026-8926)
* curl: libcurl: Unauthorized connection reuse due to a logical error (CVE-2026-8458)
* curl: curl: Cookie injection via malicious HTTP server using super cookies (CVE-2026-8924)
* curl: curl: Information disclosure via incorrect Digest authentication header reuse (CVE-2026-11856)
* libcurl: libcurl: Information disclosure due to failure to clear proxy authentication credentials (CVE-2026-9079)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 348816
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-69125.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
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: 6.9
Percentile: 96.78
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-2026-9079
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: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:curl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libcurl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libcurl
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: 6/25/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-11856, CVE-2026-8458, CVE-2026-8924, CVE-2026-8926, CVE-2026-8932, CVE-2026-9079