Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: libnfsidmap / libnfsidmap-debuginfo / libnfsidmap-devel / nfs-utils / etc (crlsa-2026_3938)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 357527

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_3938 advisory.

* nfs-utils: rpc.mountd in the nfs-utils privilege escalation (CVE-2025-12801)

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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_3938.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3938

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413081

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:3938

http://www.nessus.org/u?204e2823

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe2ac8fa

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 357527

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2026_3938.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12801

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

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: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12801