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RHEL 9 : dbus-broker (RHSA-2026:61355)

🗓️ 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Session bus DoS in RHEL 9 dbus-broker via EMFILE during peer setup (CVE-2026-16730).

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attackerkb
ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-16730
24 Jul 202611:26
attackerkb
almalinux
AlmaLinux
Moderate: dbus-broker security update
31 Aug 202600:00
almalinux
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-16730
24 Jul 202611:26
cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-16730 Dbus-broker: dbus-broker: session bus denial of service via emfile during peer setup
24 Jul 202611:26
cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-16730
24 Jul 202611:26
debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-48559
24 Jul 202611:26
euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-16730
24 Jul 202612:16
nvd
osv
OSV
ALSA-2026:61340 Moderate: dbus-broker security update
31 Aug 202600:00
osv
osv
OSV
ALSA-2026:61355 Moderate: dbus-broker security update
31 Aug 202600:00
osv
osv
OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16730
24 Jul 202612:16
osv
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#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:61355. The text
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    dbus-broker is an implementation of a message bus as defined by the D-Bus specification. Its aim is to
    provide high performance and reliability, while keeping compatibility to the D-Bus reference
    implementation. It is exclusively written for Linux systems, and makes use of many modern features
    provided by recent Linux kernel releases.

    Security Fix(es):

    * dbus-broker: dbus-broker: session bus denial of service via EMFILE during peer setup (CVE-2026-16730)

    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.

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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_list(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_versions: ['9','9.8'])) 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');
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if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

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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'] ) {
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    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++;
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}

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_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'dbus-broker');
}

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31 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.00107
SSVC
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