Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: cockpit-machines Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_86970)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 370352

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_86970 advisory.

* cockpit-machines: cockpit-machines: Sensitive data exposure via command-line arguments (CVE-2026-92768)

* cockpit-machines: cockpit-machines: Sensitive Data Exposure of guest credentials via JSON argument in process list (CVE-2026-92747)

* cockpit-machines: cockpit-machines: Information Disclosure of RHSM Offline Token via Process Arguments (CVE-2026-92745)

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 cockpit-machines package based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_86970.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 370352

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2026_86970.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-92768

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-92745, CVE-2026-92747, CVE-2026-92768

Detections

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