AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: expat / expat-devel / expat-static (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1774433526)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 352644

Synopsis

The AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1774433526 advisory.

- libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference with empty external parameter entity content.
(CVE-2026-32776)

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 packages based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1774433526.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1774433526

http://www.nessus.org/u?5b7eb708

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 352644

File Name: tuxcare_alma_linux_9.2_CLSA-2026-1774433526.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 9/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.33

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32776

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32776

CLSA: 2026:1774433526