RHEL 7 : rhc-worker-script (RHSA-2026:75689)

high Nessus Plugin ID 362941

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rhc-worker-script.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:75689 advisory.

Remote Host Configuration (rhc) worker for executing scripts on hosts managed by Red Hat Lightspeed.

Security Fix(es):

* encoding/asn1: golang: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal (CVE-2026-33818)

* html/template: golang: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via pathological input (CVE-2026-56858)

* crypto/tls: golang: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages (CVE-2026-56862)

* google.golang.org/grpc: gRPC-Go: Denial of Service via malformed RPC requests (CVE-2026-84445)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL rhc-worker-script package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:75689.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 362941

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-75689.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-84445

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc-worker-script

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33818, CVE-2026-56858, CVE-2026-56862, CVE-2026-84445

CWE: 1050, 125, 776, 79

RHSA: 2026:75689

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