RockyLinux 8 : perl-YAML:1.24 (RLSA-2026:93471)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 375447

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:93471 advisory.

* perl-yaml: perl-yaml: Arbitrary code execution via unrestricted package variable assignment (CVE-2019-25777)

* perl-yaml: perl-yaml: Arbitrary destructor method execution via crafted YAML document (CVE-2017-20285)

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 perl-YAML package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 375447

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-93471.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.55

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-20285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-yaml

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: 11/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-20285, CVE-2019-25777

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