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AlmaLinux 9 : podman (ALSA-2026:69961)
high Nessus Plugin ID 349480
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Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:69961 advisory.* podman: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal (CVE-2026-33818)
* podman: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)
* podman: Go: Denial of Service via XML decoding recursion depth issue (CVE-2026-56859)
* podman: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via pathological input (CVE-2026-56858)
* podman: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages (CVE-2026-56862)
* podman: Quadlet install --replace non-truncating write retains removed host-access directives (CVE-2026-19730)
* podman: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service via resource leak from unsolicited SSH responses (CVE-2026-39830)
* podman: Go net/[http:](http:) Unencrypted HTTP/2 connections vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2026-56853)
* podman: moby/go-archive: Arbitrary file write via link following in tar extraction (CVE-2026-17106)
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: High
ID: 349480
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-69961.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 9/23/2026
Updated: 9/23/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.9
Percentile: 96.54
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56858
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Threat Score: 6.2
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-17106
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-plugins, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:podman
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-17106, CVE-2026-19730, CVE-2026-33818, CVE-2026-39830, CVE-2026-56853, CVE-2026-56858, CVE-2026-56859, CVE-2026-56860, CVE-2026-56862