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AlmaLinux 9 : jackson-core (ALSA-2026:86706)

🗓️ 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Denial of Service in jackson-core via regex backtracking and unbounded StringBuilder growth.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# AlmaLinux Security Advisory ALSA-2026:86706.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(370474);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-89407", "CVE-2026-89425");
  script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2026:86706");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:86706");

  script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 9 : jackson-core (ALSA-2026:86706)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ALSA-2026:86706 advisory.

    * com.fasterxml.jackson/jackson-core: tools.jackson.core/jackson-core: Jackson-core: Denial of Service via
    regular expression backtracking (CVE-2026-89407)
      * com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core: Jackson-core: Denial of Service via unbounded StringBuilder
    growth during malformed token processing (CVE-2026-89425)

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-86706.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:86706");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected pki-jackson-core package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  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:N/S:U/C:N/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-2026-89425");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(1050, 1333);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:pki-jackson-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Alma 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_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 9.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'pki-jackson-core-2.21.6-1.el9_8.2', 'el_string':'el9_8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(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_HOLE,
      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, 'pki-jackson-core');
}

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22 Oct 2026 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00628
SSVC
3