Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: opentelemetry-collector Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_65117)

high Nessus Plugin ID 353763

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_65117 advisory.

* net/mail: golang: net/mail: Denial of Service via pathological email address parsing (CVE-2026-42499)

* net/mail: golang: Go net/mail: Denial of Service via crafted email inputs (CVE-2026-39820)

* mime: golang: Golang MIME: Denial of Service via maliciously-crafted MIME header (CVE-2026-42504)

* github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage:
go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation: OpenTelemetry-Go: Denial of Service via oversized baggage headers (CVE-2026-41178)

* encoding/asn1: golang: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal (CVE-2026-33818)

* net/url: golang: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)

* net/http: golang: Go net/http: Unencrypted HTTP/2 connections vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2026-56853)

* html/template: golang: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via pathological input (CVE-2026-56858)

* crypto/tls: golang: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages (CVE-2026-56862)

* encoding/xml: golang: Go: Denial of Service via XML decoding recursion depth issue (CVE-2026-56859)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 opentelemetry-collector package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_65117.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65117

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467809

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467820

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2484204

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2484830

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515815

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515820

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515827

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515838

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515839

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515840

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:65117

http://www.nessus.org/u?d2b9b5b7

http://www.nessus.org/u?ec9a8e37

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353763

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_65117.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33818, CVE-2026-39820, CVE-2026-41178, CVE-2026-42499, CVE-2026-42504, CVE-2026-56853, CVE-2026-56858, CVE-2026-56859, CVE-2026-56860, CVE-2026-56862