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RHEL 8 : rhc (RHSA-2026:36776)

🗓️ 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 8 host rhc package affected by RHSA-2026:36776; DoS via long CNAME in LookupCNAME.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:36776. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(325731);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-33811");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:36776");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 8 : rhc (RHSA-2026:36776)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rhc.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2026:36776 advisory.

    rhc is a client tool and daemon that connects the system to Red Hat hosted services enabling system and
    subscription management.

    Security Fix(es):

    * net: golang: Go net package: Denial of Service via long CNAME response in LookupCNAME (CVE-2026-33811)

    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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467822");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_36776.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?06b2af52");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36776");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL rhc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:36776.");
  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-2026-33811");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(1341);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/05/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/07/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhc");
  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: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.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 = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'rhc-0.2.5-8.el8_10', '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, 'rhc');
}

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09 Jul 2026 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00813
SSVC
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