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Amazon Linux 2 : qemu (ALAS-2026-3934)

🗓️ 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Vulnerability in qemu on Amazon Linux 2.

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amazon
Amazon
Important: qemu
28 Sep 202600:00
–amazon
amazon
Amazon
Important: qemu
29 Sep 202600:00
–amazon
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-66022
1 Jan 197600:00
–cve
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-66022
1 Jan 197600:00
–debiancve
oraclelinux
Oracle linux
qemu-kvm security update
3 Sep 202600:00
–oraclelinux
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Oracle Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2026-500245)
7 Sep 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-66022
30 Aug 202600:00
–nessus
osv
OSV
BELL-CVE-2026-66022
3 Sep 202606:05
–osv
osv
OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-66022
30 Aug 202608:47
–osv
osv
OSV
ECHO-81C5-9F79-D550
30 Aug 202620:06
–osv
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#%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-2026-3934.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(351018);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-66022");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : qemu (ALAS-2026-3934)");

  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 qemu installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1.0-8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3934 advisory.

    NOTE: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/4073NOTE: Fixed by: https://gitlab.com/qemu-
    project/qemu/-/commit/df12999cc81339ffb252875608919c72ccc37bcd (v11.1.0-rc2)NOTE: Fixed by:
    https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/5b105521527ec01dc7cf2f3834ddef935ab127f0 (v11.0.4)
    (CVE-2026-66022)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/ALAS2-2026-3934.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-2026-66022.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update qemu' or
  or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3934' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-66022");

  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:"2026/09/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/09/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ivshmem-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-audio-alsa");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-audio-oss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-audio-pa");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-audio-sdl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-block-curl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-block-dmg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-block-iscsi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-block-nfs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-block-rbd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-block-ssh");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-guest-agent");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-img");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-kvm-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-system-aarch64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-system-aarch64-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-system-x86");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-system-x86-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-ui-curses");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-ui-gtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-ui-sdl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-user");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-user-binfmt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qemu-user-static");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  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("rpm2.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':'ivshmem-tools-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ivshmem-tools-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-alsa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-oss-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-oss-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-pa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-pa-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-audio-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-curl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-curl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-dmg-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-dmg-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-iscsi-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-nfs-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-nfs-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-rbd-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-rbd-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-ssh-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-block-ssh-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-common-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-common-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-debuginfo-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-debuginfo-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-guest-agent-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-guest-agent-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-img-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-img-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-kvm-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-kvm-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-kvm-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-kvm-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-aarch64-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-aarch64-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-aarch64-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-aarch64-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-x86-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-x86-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-x86-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-system-x86-core-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-ui-curses-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-ui-curses-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-ui-gtk-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-ui-sdl-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-user-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-user-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-user-binfmt-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-user-binfmt-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-user-static-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'qemu-user-static-3.1.0-8.amzn2.0.27', 'cpu':'x86_64', '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, "ivshmem-tools / qemu / qemu-audio-alsa / etc");
}

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29 Sep 2026 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score5.9
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