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AlmaLinux 9 : tesseract (ALSA-2026:95086)

high Nessus Plugin ID 376197

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:95086 advisory.

 * tesseract: Tesseract: Heap out-of-bounds write/read leading to information disclosure via crafted data (CVE-2026-88048)
 * tesseract: Tesseract: Stack buffer overflow via crafted .traineddata file (CVE-2026-88047)
 * tesseract: Tesseract: Heap out-of-bounds write allows arbitrary code execution or denial of service (CVE-2026-88049)
 * tesseract: Tesseract: Heap out-of-bounds write via crafted .traineddata model (CVE-2026-88051)
 * tesseract: Tesseract: Heap out-of-bounds write leads to heap corruption via crafted data file (CVE-2026-88053)
 * tesseract: Tesseract: Heap out-of-bounds write can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-88052)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 tesseract-devel package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95086

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-95086.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 376197

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-95086.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88053

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tesseract-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88047, CVE-2026-88048, CVE-2026-88049, CVE-2026-88051, CVE-2026-88052, CVE-2026-88053

CWE: 120, 787

RHSA: 2026:95086