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

critical Nessus Plugin ID 371216

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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: Critical

ID: 371216

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-500496.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2026

Updated: 11/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Percentile: 98.08

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-114820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-111943, CVE-2026-113470, CVE-2026-114406, CVE-2026-114820

IAVB: 2026-B-0304