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Oracle Linux 9 : ca-certificates (ELSA-2026-88459)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 371452

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-88459 advisory.

 [2026.2.92_v9.0.319-90.3]
 - Fix malformed patch header in remove-emsign-root-cs-ca-g3.patch

 [2026.2.92_v9.0.319-90.2]
 - Removing: emSign Root CS CA - G3 from Microsoft Code Signing certificates

 [2026.2.92_v9.0.319-90.1]
 - Removing: AAA Certificate Services root CA
 - Removing: emSign ECC Root CA - G3 from Microsoft Code Signing certificates

 [2026.2.92_v9.0.319-90.0]
 - Update to CKBI 2.92_v9.0.319 from NSS 3.131.1 Removing:
 - emSign Root CA - C1

 Adding:
 - Actalis Code Signing ECC Root CA 2025
 - Actalis Code Signing RSA Root CA 2025
 - emSign Root CS CA - G2
 - emSign Root CS CA - G3
 - IdenTrust Commercial Root Code Signing RSA CA 2
 - e-Szigno CodeSigning Root CA 2024

 [2026.2.90_v9.0.316-90.0]
 - Update to CKBI 2.90_v9.0.316 from NSS 3.126 Removing:
 - XRamp Global CA Root
 - ePKI Root Certification Authority
 - certSIGN ROOT CA
 - Explicitly Distrust DigiNotar Root CA
 - CommScope Public Trust ECC Root-01
 - CommScope Public Trust ECC Root-02
 - CommScope Public Trust RSA Root-01
 - CommScope Public Trust RSA Root-02
 - FIRMAPROFESIONAL CA ROOT-A WEB
 - SecureSign Root CA12

 Adding:
 - OISTE Client Root ECC G1
 - OISTE Client Root RSA G1
 - OISTE Server Root ECC G1
 - OISTE Server Root RSA G1
 - e-Szigno TLS Root CA 2023
 - SecureSign Root CA16
 - SECOM TLS RSA Root CA 2024
 - SECOM TLS ECC Root CA 2024
 - SECOM SMIME RSA Root CA 2024
 - Telia EC Email Root CA v3
 - Telia EC TLS Root CA v3
 - Telia RSA Email Root CA v3
 - Telia RSA TLS Root CA v3
 - certSIGN
 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
 - XRamp Global Certification Authority

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2026-88459.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 371452

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-88459.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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.53

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-2026-114406

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, 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: 10/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-114406