CentOS Linux 7.9 [CIQ] Security Update: microcode_ctl Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_0719)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355593

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Synopsis

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

Description

The CentOS Linux 7.9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_0719 advisory.

This advisory aggregates security fixes for the microcode_ctl SRPM in CIQ CentOS Bridge 7.9. It addresses 7 CVEs: CVE-2022-21216, CVE-2022-33972, CVE-2022-33196, CVE-2022-38090, CVE-2022-40982, and 2 more.

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 microcode_ctl package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory ciqsa-2026_0719.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355593

File Name: ciq_centos_7_9_ciqsa-2026_0719.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: Medium

Score: 6.1

Percentile: 96.31

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21216

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 9/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21216, CVE-2022-33196, CVE-2022-33972, CVE-2022-38090, CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2022-41804, CVE-2023-23908

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