RockyLinux 9 : httpd (RLSA-2026:88229)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 371138

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:88229 advisory.

* httpd: httpd: HTTP response smuggling via crafted Transfer-Encoding response in mod_proxy_uwsgi (CVE-2026-63718)

* httpd: httpd: Denial of Service via integer overflow in mod_dav_fs (CVE-2026-93546)

* httpd: httpd: Authentication state corruption via concurrent Digest authentication requests (CVE-2026-73637)

* httpd: httpd: unauthorized connection to arbitrary hosts via crafted FTP PASV response (CVE-2026-63045)

* httpd: httpd: Arbitrary code execution via oversized Host header in mod_vhost_alias (CVE-2026-63292)

* httpd: httpd: mod_heartmonitor: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2026-46729)

* httpd: httpd: Authentication bypass via credential replay in mod_auth_digest (CVE-2026-73636)

* httpd: httpd: Denial of Service via charset conversion failure in mod_xml2enc (CVE-2026-63686)

* httpd: httpd: Denial of service via forged Authorization headers in mod_auth_digest (CVE-2026-48005)

* httpd: httpd: Denial of Service via mod_rewrite lookahead (CVE-2026-56154)

* httpd: httpd: Denial of Service via heap-based buffer overflow in mod_charset_lite (CVE-2026-56153)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544781

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544798

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544814

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544823

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544832

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544835

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544849

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544852

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544861

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544869

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2544885

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:88229

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 371138

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-88229.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/23/2026

Updated: 10/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.41

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-core-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-core, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-manual, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd-tools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:httpd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_ldap, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_lua, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_proxy_html-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_proxy_html, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_session-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_session, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_ssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_ssl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46729, CVE-2026-48005, CVE-2026-56153, CVE-2026-56154, CVE-2026-63045, CVE-2026-63292, CVE-2026-63686, CVE-2026-63718, CVE-2026-73636, CVE-2026-73637, CVE-2026-93546