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RockyLinux 8 : gcc (RLSA-2026:98115)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 379582

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-2026:98115 advisory.

 * gcc: Integer wrap in `std (CVE-2026-114691)

 * gcc: Confirmed out-of-bounds read/write in libstdc++ parallel `std (CVE-2026-114690)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478508

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2478652

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:98115

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 379582

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-98115.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/12/2026

Updated: 11/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.79

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-114691

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-114690

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cpp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cpp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-c%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-gdb-plugin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-gdb-plugin, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-gfortran-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-offload-nvptx-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-plugin-annobin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-plugin-annobin, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-plugin-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libasan-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libasan, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libatomic-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgcc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgfortran-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgfortran-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgomp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgomp-offload-nvptx-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgomp-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libitm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:liblsan-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:liblsan, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libquadmath-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libquadmath-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtsan-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libubsan-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libubsan

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: 11/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-114690, CVE-2026-114691