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Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: iscsi-initiator-utils / iscsi-initiator-utils-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_53844)

high Nessus Plugin ID 359237

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_53844 advisory.

 * open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Authentication bypass in iscsiuio control socket (CVE-2026-44944)

 * open-iscsi: open-iscsi: Privilege Escalation via Path Traversal (CVE-2026-44943)

 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * [FJ9.7 Bug][REG]: iscsiadm reports node.discovery_type as fw, although it should be static.
 [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-191897)

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_53844.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53844

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508412

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2508419

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:53844

http://www.nessus.org/u?0203f2dc

http://www.nessus.org/u?839ee5e0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359237

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_53844.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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.18

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:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Threat Score: 5.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44944

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: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44943, CVE-2026-44944