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Oracle Linux 9 : openssh (ELSA-2026-73955)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 362445

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-73955 advisory.

 [9.9p1-12.0.1]
 - Restore pam_ssh_agent_rel values that were used for initial release
 - Fix PerSourcePenalties grace-exceeded using the crash penalty value [Orabug: 39825354]
 - Replace unsupported ML-KEM hybrid algorithm skip logic with v9.9p1-23.el10_2 ML-KEM/NIST backport [Orabug: 39423076]
 - Upstream references found with /usr/bin/ssh [Orabug: 37814929]

 [9.9p1-12]
 - CVE-2026-60001: Fix cases in GSSAPI and keyboard-interactive authentication where the minimum per-attempt delay was not being enforced Resolves: RHEL-258461

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-73955.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 362445

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-73955.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-60001

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-60001