RHEL 8 : rhc (RHSA-2026:90725)

high Nessus Plugin ID 373568

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rhc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:90725 advisory.

rhc is a client tool and daemon that connects the system to Red Hat hosted services enabling system and subscription management.

Security Fix(es):

* golang-fips: Golang FIPS zeroed buffer (CVE-2024-9355)

* golang: net/http: net/http: sensitive headers incorrectly sent after cross-domain redirect (CVE-2024-45336)

* crypto/tls: crypto/tls: Incorrect certificate validation during TLS session resumption (CVE-2025-68121)

* golang: internal/syscall/unix: Root.Chmod can follow symlinks out of the root (CVE-2026-32282)

* crypto/tls: golang: Go crypto/tls: Denial of Service via multiple TLS 1.3 key update messages (CVE-2026-32283)

* crypto/x509: crypto/tls: golang: Go: Denial of Service vulnerability in certificate chain building (CVE-2026-32280)

* net: golang: Go net package: Denial of Service via long CNAME response in LookupCNAME (CVE-2026-33811)

* golang.org/x/net/idna: golang: net/http: golang.org/x/net/idna: Privilege escalation via incorrect Punycode label processing (CVE-2026-39821)

* mime: golang: Golang MIME: Denial of Service via maliciously-crafted MIME header (CVE-2026-42504)

* crypto/x509: golang: golang crypto/x509: Denial of Service via excessive processing of DNS SAN entries (CVE-2026-27145)

* encoding/asn1: golang: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal (CVE-2026-33818)

* net/url: golang: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)

* html/template: golang: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via pathological input (CVE-2026-56858)

* crypto/tls: golang: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages (CVE-2026-56862)

* net/http: golang: golang: Denial of Service via crafted HTTP Range headers (CVE-2026-78667)

* crypto/tls: golang: crypto/tls: Denial of Service via multiple ECH outer extension references (CVE-2026-97031)

* net/http: net/http/internal/http2: golang.org/x/net/http2: net/http: Denial of Service via excessive HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames (CVE-2026-78669)

* crypto/x509: golang: crypto/x509: Man-in-the-middle attacks via untrusted intermediate certificates (CVE-2026-111943)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL rhc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:90725.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 373568

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-90725.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Percentile: 98.16

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Threat Score: 6.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9355

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45336, CVE-2024-9355, CVE-2025-68121, CVE-2026-111943, CVE-2026-27145, CVE-2026-32280, CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-32283, CVE-2026-33811, CVE-2026-33818, CVE-2026-39821, CVE-2026-42504, CVE-2026-56858, CVE-2026-56860, CVE-2026-56862, CVE-2026-78667, CVE-2026-78669, CVE-2026-97031

CWE: 1050, 1289, 1341, 200, 295, 367, 457, 606, 764, 770, 776, 79

RHSA: 2026:90725

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