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Oracle Linux 9 : openssh (ELSA-2026-69130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 349135

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-69130 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-73283: Complete the fix of security bypass due to incorrect handling of forwarding and tunneling options Resolves: RHEL-245416
 - CVE-2026-73281: Fix misinteraction between agent locking and the [email protected] extension Resolves: RHEL-245424
 - CVE-2026-73282: Fix information disclosure and data corruption via use-after-free in ssh client Resolves: RHEL-245419
 - Fix CVE-2026-59995 OpenSSH: sftp client allows attacker to control downloaded file location Resolves: RHEL-236320

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-69130.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 349135

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-69130.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/23/2026

Updated: 9/23/2026

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:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth

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

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

IAVA: 2026-A-0691-S, 2026-A-0847