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Oracle Linux 10 : perl-URI (ELSA-2026-84587)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 367310

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-84587 advisory.

 [5.27-3.1]
 - CVE-2026-19953 perl-URI: URI (for Perl): Security bypass due to incorrect hostname encoding via missing Unicode normalization hostname encoding via missing Unicode normalization Resolves: RHEL-274901

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 perl-URI package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-84587.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 367310

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-84587.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2026

Updated: 10/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 8.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-19953

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:L/I:L/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-uri

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-19953