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RockyLinux 9 : python-tornado (RLSA-2026:82040)
high Nessus Plugin ID 365537
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:82040 advisory.* tornado: Tornado: Denial of Service via decompression bomb in CurlAsyncHTTPClient (CVE-2026-103262)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 python-tornado-debugsource, python3-tornado and / or python3-tornado-debuginfo packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 365537
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-82040.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 10/14/2026
Updated: 10/14/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.76
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-103262
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-tornado-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-tornado-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-tornado
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: 10/14/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-103262