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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: python3.12 / python3.12-debug / python3.12-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_0123)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 354068

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_0123 advisory.

 * cpython: python: Python zipfile End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset not checked (CVE-2025-8291)

 * cpython: python: cpython: Quadratic algorithm in xml.dom.minidom leads to denial of service (CVE-2025-12084)

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_0123.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0123

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402342

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418655

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:0123

http://www.nessus.org/u?524ee02b

http://www.nessus.org/u?f45f0085

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 354068

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2026_0123.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: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12084

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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: 1/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12084, CVE-2025-8291