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Rocky Linux 10.3 [CIQ] Security Update: emacs / emacs-common / emacs-common-debuginfo / emacs-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_98574)

high Nessus Plugin ID 381270

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 10.3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_98574 advisory.

 * emacs: GNU Emacs: Heap over-read leading to information disclosure via crafted image (CVE-2026-77219)

 * emacs: emacs: Command injection via crafted filenames in TRAMP (CVE-2026-79992)

 * emacs: Emacs: arbitrary code execution in Flymake mode (CVE-2026-96442)

 * emacs: GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution upon opening a file (CVE-2026-96269)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_98574.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98574

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521196

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523665

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2537347

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2538925

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:98574

http://www.nessus.org/u?48504bdf

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a5b312c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 381270

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_10_3_crlsa-2026_98574.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/14/2026

Updated: 11/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96442

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96269

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-77219, CVE-2026-79992, CVE-2026-96269, CVE-2026-96442