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AlmaLinux 8 : gcc (ALSA-2026:98115)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 380619

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-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 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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98115

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-98115.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 380619

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-98115.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/13/2026

Updated: 11/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:cpp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gcc-gdb-plugin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gcc-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gcc-plugin-annobin, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libasan, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgfortran-static, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgomp-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:liblsan, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libquadmath-static, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libubsan

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2026

Reference Information

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

CWE: 190, 787

RHSA: 2026:98115