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Oracle Linux 7 : ca-certificates (ELSA-2026-500496)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 371216

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-500496 advisory.

 [2025.2.80_v9.0.304-71.0.2]
 - eMudhra: add 'emSign ECC Root CA - G3' and 'Comodo AAA Services root' to blocklist

 [2025.2.80_v9.0.304-71.0.1]
 - Resolve ELBA-2025-22492 [Orabug: 38712242]
 - Update to CKBI 2.80_v9.0.304 from NSS 3.114
 - Adding:
 - # Certificate 'TWCA CYBER Root CA'
 - # Certificate 'TWCA Global Root CA G2'
 - # Certificate 'SecureSign Root CA12'
 - # Certificate 'SecureSign Root CA14'
 - # Certificate 'SecureSign Root CA15'
 - # Certificate 'D-TRUST BR Root CA 2 2023'
 - # Certificate 'TrustAsia SMIME ECC Root CA'
 - # Certificate 'TrustAsia SMIME RSA Root CA'
 - # Certificate 'TrustAsia TLS ECC Root CA'
 - # Certificate 'TrustAsia TLS RSA Root CA'
 - # Certificate 'D-TRUST EV Root CA 2 2023'
 - # Certificate 'SwissSign RSA SMIME Root CA 2022 - 1'
 - # Certificate 'SwissSign RSA TLS Root CA 2022 - 1'
 - # Certificate 'Sectigo Public Code Signing Root R46'
 - # Certificate 'Sectigo Public Code Signing Root E46'

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 ca-certificates package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-500496.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 371216

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-500496.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2026

Updated: 10/23/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

Percentile: 98.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-111943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-113470

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ca-certificates

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-111943, CVE-2026-113470

IAVB: 2026-B-0304