RHEL 8 : pki-core:10.6 (RHSA-2026:95181)

high Nessus Plugin ID 376162

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pki-core:10.6.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:95181 advisory.

The public key infrastructure (PKI) core rpm contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate System.

Security Fix(es):

* pki-core: Dogtag/PKI: certprofile-import allows code execution via unsanitized profile content (ExternalProcessConstraint) (CVE-2026-76561)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL pki-core:10.6 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:95181.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 376162

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-95181.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2026

Updated: 11/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jss-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ldapjdk-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ldapjdk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcatjss

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76561

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2026:95181

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