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CentOS Linux 7.9 [CIQ] Security Update: microcode_ctl (ciqsa-2026_0718)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 353720

Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 7.9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_0718 advisory.

 This advisory aggregates security fixes for the microcode_ctl SRPM in CIQ CentOS Bridge 7.9. It addresses 1 CVE: CVE-2022-21233.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 microcode_ctl package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory ciqsa-2026_0718.

See Also

https://github.com/ctrliq/advisories

http://www.nessus.org/u?0b464dcf

http://www.nessus.org/u?7aa3d31f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 353720

File Name: ciq_centos_7_9_ciqsa-2026_0718.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21233

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21233