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RockyLinux 9 : runc (RLSA-2026:70191)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 349529

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:70191 advisory.

 * net/url: golang: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected runc, runc-debuginfo and / or runc-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515820

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:70191

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 349529

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-70191.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/23/2026

Updated: 9/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56860

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:runc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:runc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:runc

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: 9/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56860

IAVB: 2026-B-0234