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RHEL 9 : rust-sequoia-sq (RHSA-2026:97868)

high Nessus Plugin ID 378538

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rust-sequoia-sq.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:97868 advisory.

 Command-line frontends for Sequoia.

 Security Fix(es):

 * hickory-resolver: hickory-resolver: DNSSEC validation bypass allows forged DNS records (CVE-2026-93657)

 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 rust-sequoia-sq package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:97868.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:97868

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2538208

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f776183

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 378538

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-97868.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2026

Updated: 11/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-93657

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rust-sequoia-sq, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sequoia-sq

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: 11/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-93657

CWE: 354

RHSA: 2026:97868