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RockyLinux 10 : libarchive (RLSA-2026:69553)

low Nessus Plugin ID 349530

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:69553 advisory.

 * libarchive: heap overflow OOB read while parsing a tar archive contains a PAX extended header (CVE-2026-15028)

 * libarchive: libarchive: Signed Integer Overflow in archive_write_zip_header (CVE-2026-16517)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497970

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2505492

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:69553

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 349530

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-69553.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/23/2026

Updated: 9/23/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 8.06

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15028

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bsdtar-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libarchive-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libarchive-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libarchive

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15028, CVE-2026-16517