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RHEL 9 : git-lfs (RHSA-2026:72276)

🗓️ 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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git-lfs on RHEL 9 has DoS and privilege escalation issues in various Go packages.

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    Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics
    with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server.

    Security Fix(es):

    * crypto/tls: crypto/tls: Incorrect certificate validation during TLS session resumption (CVE-2025-68121)

    * crypto/x509: golang: Go crypto/x509: Denial of Service via inefficient certificate chain validation
    (CVE-2026-32281)

    * golang: internal/syscall/unix: Root.Chmod can follow symlinks out of the root (CVE-2026-32282)

    * crypto/tls: golang: Go crypto/tls: Denial of Service via multiple TLS 1.3 key update messages
    (CVE-2026-32283)

    * crypto/x509: crypto/tls: golang: Go: Denial of Service vulnerability in certificate chain building
    (CVE-2026-32280)

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

    * golang.org/x/net/idna: golang: net/http: golang.org/x/net/idna: Privilege escalation via incorrect
    Punycode label processing (CVE-2026-39821)

    * mime: golang: Golang MIME: Denial of Service via maliciously-crafted MIME header (CVE-2026-42504)

    * encoding/asn1: golang: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal
    (CVE-2026-33818)

    * net/url: golang: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution
    (CVE-2026-56860)

    * crypto/tls: golang: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages
    (CVE-2026-56862)

    * encoding/xml: golang: Go: Denial of Service via XML decoding recursion depth issue (CVE-2026-56859)

    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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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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(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9.4')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.4', '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': '9',
    'sp': '4',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'git-lfs-3.4.1-4.el9_4.6', 'sp':'4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

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 subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Update Services for SAP Solutions repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + 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, 'git-lfs');
}

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28 Sep 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.19.6 - 10
EPSS0.00856
SSVC
5