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Oracle Linux 10 : openssh (ELSA-2026-73954)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 362990

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-73954 advisory.

 [9.9p1-28.0.1]
 - Upstream references found with /usr/bin/ssh [Orabug: 37824421]

 [9.9p1-28]
 - CVE-2026-60001: Fix cases in GSSAPI and keyboard-interactive authentication where the minimum per-attempt delay was not being enforced Resolves: RHEL-258463

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-2026-73954.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 362990

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-73954.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, 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:10, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2: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-keysign, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-60001