RHEL 10 : gvfs (RHSA-2026:73998)

high Nessus Plugin ID 351861

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for gvfs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:73998 advisory.

GVFS is the GNOME Desktop Virtual File System layer that allows users to easily access local and remote data using File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), Common Internet File System (CIFS), Server Message Block (SMB), and other protocols. GVFS integrates with the GNOME I/O (GIO) abstraction layer.

Security Fix(es):

* gvfs: SFTP: heap-based buffer overflow in read_reply() (CVE-2026-84268)

* gvfs: gvfs-admin socket ownership race permits local root (CVE-2026-88924)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL gvfs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:73998.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 351861

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-73998.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.26

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-84268

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-goa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-gphoto2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-mtp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-smb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-84268, CVE-2026-88924

CWE: 122, 367

RHSA: 2026:73998

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