CentOS Linux 7.9 [CIQ] Security Update: bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / kernel-abi-whitelists / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_1469)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355340

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Synopsis

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

Description

The CentOS Linux 7.9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1469 advisory.

This advisory aggregates security fixes for the kernel SRPM in CIQ CentOS Bridge 7.9. It addresses 2 CVEs:
CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-64564.

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 ciqsa-2026_1469.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355340

File Name: ciq_centos_7_9_ciqsa-2026_1469.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31684

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-64564

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