Rocky Linux 8.6 [CIQ] Security Update: curl / curl-minimal / libcurl / libcurl-devel / libcurl-minimal (ciqsa-2026_1811)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 381160

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1811 advisory.

This advisory aggregates security fixes for the curl SRPM in CIQ LTS 8.6. It addresses 1 CVE:
CVE-2026-8924.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory ciqsa-2026_1811.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 381160

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_6_ciqsa-2026_1811.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2026

Updated: 11/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.46

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8924

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8924

Detections

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