RockyLinux 8 : tomcat (RLSA-2026:92869)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 374555

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:92869 advisory.

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Security constraint bypass due to improper access control (CVE-2026-65182)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Access control bypass due to off-by-one error in RewriteValve [N] flag processing (CVE-2026-65927)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Improper Input Validation allows HTTP/2 no-authority bypass of strict SNI validation (CVE-2026-65637)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Improper Authentication due to principal lookup failure (CVE-2026-68569)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Authentication bypass via limited replay attack in DIGEST authenticator (CVE-2026-65905)

* tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Unauthorized resource access via FORM authentication bypass (CVE-2026-68525)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 374555

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-92869.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2026

Updated: 10/31/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.32

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-2026-65905

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:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat

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: 10/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-65182, CVE-2026-65637, CVE-2026-65905, CVE-2026-65927, CVE-2026-68525, CVE-2026-68569

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