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AlmaLinux 10 : cockpit-machines (ALSA-2026:86971)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 370463

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:86971 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 AlmaLinux 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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:86971

https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-86971.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 370463

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-86971.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

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

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cockpit-machines

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2026

Reference Information

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

CWE: 214

RHSA: 2026:86971