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RHEL 9 : goose (RHSA-2026:80764)

high Nessus Plugin ID 369252

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for goose.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:80764 advisory.

 For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 Security Fix(es):

 * goose: Arbitrary command execution via malicious Git configuration in `goose review` (CVE-2026-72718)

 * goose: RMCP: Token impersonation via missing OAuth resource field validation (CVE-2026-63127)

 * goose: RMCP: Denial of Service via unauthenticated session table leak (CVE-2026-63128)

 * goose: rustls-webpki: Denial of Service via crafted Certificate Revocation List (CVE-2026-93599)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL goose package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:80764.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80764

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-254952

http://www.nessus.org/u?be54f964

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 369252

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-80764.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63127

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-93599

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:goose

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: 10/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63127, CVE-2026-63128, CVE-2026-72718, CVE-2026-93599

CWE: 125, 289, 772, 78

RHSA: 2026:80764