RockyLinux 9 : openssh (RLSA-2026:69130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 349094

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:69130 advisory.

* openssh: OpenSSH: sftp client allows attacker to control downloaded file location (CVE-2026-59995)

* openssh: OpenSSH sshd: Security bypass due to incorrect handling of forwarding and tunneling options (CVE-2026-59999)

* openssh: OpenSSH: Tunnel forwarding restriction bypass (CVE-2026-73283)

* openssh: OpenSSH: ssh-agent allows remote execution of local operations (CVE-2026-73281)

* openssh: OpenSSH: Information disclosure and data corruption via use-after-free in ssh client (CVE-2026-73282)

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: High

ID: 349094

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-69130.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/22/2026

Updated: 9/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-askpass-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-clients-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-keycat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59995, CVE-2026-59999, CVE-2026-73281, CVE-2026-73282, CVE-2026-73283

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