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RHEL 9 : net-snmp (RHSA-2026:0696)

๐Ÿ—“๏ธย 15 Jan 2026ย 00:00:00Reported byย TenableTypeย 
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RHEL 9 net-snmp buffer overflow in snmptrapd causes crash (CVE-2025-68615) per RHSA-2026:0696.

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:0696. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(286365);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-68615");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:0696");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : net-snmp (RHSA-2026:0696)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for net-snmp.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2026:0696 advisory.

    The net-snmp packages provide various libraries and tools for the Simple Network Management Protocol
    (SNMP), including an SNMP library, an extensible agent, tools for requesting or setting information from
    SNMP agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the netstat command which uses
    SNMP, and a Tk/Perl Management Information Base (MIB) browser.

    Security Fix(es):

    * net-snmp: buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet can cause a crash in snmptrapd (CVE-2025-68615)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2424618");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8b474688");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0696");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL net-snmp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:0696.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-68615");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(119);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/12/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/01/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-agent-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:net-snmp-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-net-snmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat 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", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.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) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + 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$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
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    'release': '9',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
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      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'net-snmp-5.9.1-17.el9_7.1', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'net-snmp-agent-libs-5.9.1-17.el9_7.1', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'net-snmp-devel-5.9.1-17.el9_7.1', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'net-snmp-libs-5.9.1-17.el9_7.1', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'net-snmp-perl-5.9.1-17.el9_7.1', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'net-snmp-utils-5.9.1-17.el9_7.1', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'},
      {'reference':'python3-net-snmp-5.9.1-17.el9_7.1', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'1'}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

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 repo_relative_urls;
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;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  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 &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!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)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'net-snmp / net-snmp-agent-libs / net-snmp-devel / net-snmp-libs / etc');
}

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15 Jan 2026 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.4269
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