Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: wget / wget-debuginfo / wget-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_62143)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355507

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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_62143 advisory.

* wget: GNU Wget: Heap buffer overflow via server-supplied filename leads to memory corruption (CVE-2026-58471)

* wget: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted HTML attribute (CVE-2026-58472)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* wget async unsafe code in signal handler context [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-220497)

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_62143.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355507

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_62143.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux 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: Medium

Score: 5.5

Percentile: 96.31

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-58472

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-58471, CVE-2026-58472

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