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MiracleLinux 8 : openssh-8.0p1-33.el8_10 (AXSA:2026-1886:10)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 349339

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1886:10 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: Information disclosure and data corruption via use-after-free in ssh client (CVE-2026-73282) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
 * Incomplete backport of CVE-2023-38408 in RHEL 8 openssh (JIRA:RHEL-234763)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/24711

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 349339

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2026-1886.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/23/2026

Updated: 9/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2023-38408

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:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38408, CVE-2026-59995, CVE-2026-59999, CVE-2026-73282