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RockyLinux 8 : mod_auth_openidc:2.3 (RLSA-2026:77369)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364096

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:77369 advisory.

 * mod_auth_openidc: mod_auth_openidc: Denial of Service via malformed state cookie parsing (CVE-2026-54789)

 * cjose: cjose: Heap buffer overflow in AES Key Wrap decryption leads to denial of service (CVE-2026-53938)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521051

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2530240

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:77369

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364096

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-77369.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

Percentile: 95.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53938

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cjose-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cjose-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cjose-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cjose, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_auth_openidc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_auth_openidc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_auth_openidc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53938, CVE-2026-54789