#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2026-3203.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(303096);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/04/30");
script_cve_id("CVE-2026-25679", "CVE-2026-27139", "CVE-2026-27142");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2026-B-0055-S");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : golang, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3203 (ALAS-2026-3203)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of golang installed on the remote host is prior to 1.25.8-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3203 advisory.
url.Parse insufficiently validated the host/authority component and accepted some invalid URLs.
(CVE-2026-25679)
On Unix platforms, when listing the contents of a directory using File.ReadDir or File.Readdir the
returned FileInfo could reference a file outside of the Root in which the File was opened. The impact of
this escape is limited to reading metadata provided by lstat from arbitrary locations on the filesystem
without permitting reading or writing files outside the root. (CVE-2026-27139)
Actions which insert URLs into the content attribute of HTML meta tags are not escaped. This can allow XSS
if the meta tag also has an http-equiv attribute with the value refresh. A new GODEBUG setting has been
added, htmlmetacontenturlescape, which can be used to disable escaping URLs in actions in the meta content
attribute which follow url= by setting htmlmetacontenturlescape=0. (CVE-2026-27142)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2026-3203.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-25679.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-27139.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-27142.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update golang' or
or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3203' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-27142");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/03/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/03/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/03/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-bin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-docs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-misc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-shared");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-src");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-tests");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'golang-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-bin-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-bin-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-docs-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-misc-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-shared-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-shared-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-src-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'golang-tests-1.25.8-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "golang / golang-bin / golang-docs / etc");
}
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