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Oracle Linux 10 : expat (ELSA-2026-88248)

🗓️ 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
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Multiple vulnerabilities in expat on Oracle Linux 10 allow DoS, info disclosure, and injection.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-88248.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(370888);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-77214", "CVE-2026-102633");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2026-A-1100");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 10 : expat (ELSA-2026-88248)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the ELSA-2026-88248 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-102633 expat: expat: Denial of Service via integer overflow in
      expat_realloc
    - CVE-2026-77214 expat: expat: Information disclosure via heap buffer over-
      read in XML_ParseBuffer
    - CVE-2026-66046 expat: Expat: Denial of Service via quadratic complexity
      in attribute processing
    - CVE-2026-93990 expat: Expat: XML Injection via Malformed UTF-16 Input
    - Fix CVE-2026-56132: out-of-bound scaffolding index store in doProlog
    - Fix CVE-2026-50219: forbid XML_ParserFree/Reset from handlers
    - expat: backport CVE-2026-45186 fix (attribute collision check DoS)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-88248.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected expat and / or expat-devel packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/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:H/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-102633");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-77214");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-77214");

  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:"2026/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/22");
  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:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2:baseos_patch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat-devel");
  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:"Oracle 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/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");

  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) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_product)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^10([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 10.x', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_version);

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

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

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '10',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'expat-2.7.3-1.el10_2.7', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'expat-devel-2.7.3-1.el10_2.7', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'expat-2.7.3-1.el10_2.7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'expat-devel-2.7.3-1.el10_2.7', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

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_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, 'expat / expat-devel');
}

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22 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 3.17.5 - 8.2
CVSS 48.7
EPSS0.00742
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