Rocky Linux 10.1 [CIQ] Security Update: protobuf / protobuf-compiler / protobuf-compiler-debuginfo / etc (crlsa-2026_3094)

high Nessus Plugin ID 358022

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 10.1 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_3094 advisory.

* python: protobuf: Protobuf: Denial of Service due to recursion depth bypass (CVE-2026-0994)

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_3094.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3094

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432398

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:3094

http://www.nessus.org/u?2dc156b8

http://www.nessus.org/u?b61b4eb6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 358022

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_10_1_crlsa-2026_3094.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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0994

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

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: 2/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0994