RHEL 10 : rsyslog (RHSA-2026:81321)

high Nessus Plugin ID 369257

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:81321 advisory.

The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon. It supports MySQL, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine-grained control over output format.

Security Fix(es):

* rsyslog: rsyslog: Denial of service via heap buffer overflow in RainerScript replace() function (CVE-2026-78002)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Backport tmpfiles.d configuration for /var/lib/rsyslog to RHEL 10.0 (JIRA:RHEL-244715)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 369257

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-81321.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.13

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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-2026-78002

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmfields, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-omamqp1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-openssl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog

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: 8/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-78002

CWE: 131

RHSA: 2026:81321

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