RHCOS 4 : Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.20.41 (RHSA-2026:74797)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 364317

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.20.41.

Description

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:74797 advisory.

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

- mime: golang: Golang MIME: Denial of Service via maliciously-crafted MIME header (CVE-2026-42504)

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

- net/url: golang: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)

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

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 RHCOS Red Hat build of MicroShift 4.20.41 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:74797.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 364317

File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2026-74797.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2026

Updated: 10/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.16

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-ai-model-serving-release-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-ai-model-serving, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-cert-manager-release-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-cert-manager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-gateway-api-release-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-gateway-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-greenboot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-low-latency, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-multus-release-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-multus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-networking, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-observability, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-olm-release-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-olm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-release-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microshift

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: 10/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33818, CVE-2026-42504, CVE-2026-56858, CVE-2026-56860, CVE-2026-56862

CWE: 1050, 770, 776, 79

RHSA: 2026:74797

Detections

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