AlmaLinux 9 : skopeo (ALSA-2026:70641)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 349757

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-2026:70641 advisory.

* skopeo: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via pathological input (CVE-2026-56858)
* skopeo: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal (CVE-2026-33818)
* skopeo: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)
* skopeo: Go net/[http:](http:) Unencrypted HTTP/2 connections vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2026-56853)
* skopeo: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages (CVE-2026-56862)

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 skopeo and / or skopeo-tests packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70641

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-70641.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 349757

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-70641.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/24/2026

Updated: 9/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.28

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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: 5.3

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

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:skopeo-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:skopeo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11395, CVE-2026-33818, CVE-2026-56853, CVE-2026-56858, CVE-2026-56860, CVE-2026-56862

CWE: 1050, 277, 770, 776, 79

IAVB: 2026-B-0234

RHSA: 2026:70641