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Rocky Linux 8.6 [CIQ] Security Update: cockpit-podman (ciqsa-2026_1097)

high Nessus Plugin ID 356365

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8.6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1097 advisory.

 This advisory aggregates security fixes for the cockpit-podman SRPM in CIQ LTS 8.6. It addresses 1 CVE:
 CVE-2024-21626.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected cockpit-podman package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory ciqsa-2026_1097.

See Also

https://github.com/ctrliq/advisories

http://www.nessus.org/u?5c31c323

http://www.nessus.org/u?78742272

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 356365

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_6_ciqsa-2026_1097.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: High

Score: 8

Percentile: 99.68

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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: 9/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21626