Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: libssh / libssh-config / libssh-debuginfo / libssh-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_62217)

high Nessus Plugin ID 353891

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_62217 advisory.

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via zero advertised channel packet size (CVE-2026-59843)

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via oversized SFTP read length (CVE-2026-59844)

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via unchecked ProxyCommand fork() failure (CVE-2026-59845)

* libssh: libssh: information disclosure via ProxyCommand %r username expansion (CVE-2026-59846)

* libssh: libssh: integrity downgrade via OpenSSL AES-GCM tag verification (CVE-2026-59847)

* libssh: libssh: denial of service via SFTP responses with unknown request IDs (CVE-2026-59848)

* libssh: libssh: use-after-free via data callbacks on closed channels (CVE-2026-59850)

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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_62217.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353891

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_62217.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: 5

Percentile: 93.19

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:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59847

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:H/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/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59843, CVE-2026-59844, CVE-2026-59845, CVE-2026-59846, CVE-2026-59847, CVE-2026-59848, CVE-2026-59850

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