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Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: python3.14-urllib3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_84577)

high Nessus Plugin ID 369905

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_84577 advisory.

 * urllib3: urllib3: Denial of Service via unbounded memory allocation in chunk parser (CVE-2026-97689)

 * urllib3: urllib3: Traffic interception via HTTPS proxy TLS configuration override (CVE-2026-97687)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 affected python3.14-urllib3 package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_84577.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:84577

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543245

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543255

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:84577

http://www.nessus.org/u?6d1c43ea

http://www.nessus.org/u?f95d3222

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 369905

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_84577.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2026-97687

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.9

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-97689

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-97687, CVE-2026-97689