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RHEL 8 : tftp (RHSA-2026:78952)

🗓️ 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Out-of-bounds read/write in tftp-hpa remap engine causes Denial of Service.

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nessus
Tenable Nessus
AlmaLinux 8 : tftp (ALSA-2026:78952)
9 Oct 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Oracle Linux 8 : tftp (ELSA-2026-78952)
9 Oct 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-85234
15 Sep 202600:00
–nessus
almalinux
AlmaLinux
Moderate: tftp security update
8 Oct 202600:00
–almalinux
circl
Circl
CVE-2026-85234
15 Sep 202619:31
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-85234
15 Sep 202617:58
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-85234 Tftp: tftp-hpa: denial of service due to out-of-bounds read/write in remap engine
15 Sep 202617:58
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-85234
15 Sep 202617:58
–debiancve
oraclelinux
Oracle linux
tftp security update
8 Oct 202600:00
–oraclelinux
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-79128
15 Sep 202617:58
–euvd
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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:78952. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(364154);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/08");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-85234");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:78952");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 8 : tftp (RHSA-2026:78952)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for tftp.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2026:78952 advisory.

    The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is typically used only for booting diskless workstations. The
    tftp packages include the tftp and tftp-server subpackages. The tftp subpackage provides the user
    interface for TFTP and the tftp-server subpackage provides the server. This allows users to transfer files
    to and from a remote machine.

    Security Fix(es):

    * tftp: tftp-hpa: Denial of Service due to out-of-bounds read/write in remap engine (CVE-2026-85234)

    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/#moderate");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460997");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?695d22e7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78952");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL tftp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:78952.");
  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-2026-85234");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(125);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/08");

  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:tftp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tftp-server");
  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':'tftp-5.2-28.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'tftp-server-5.2-28.el8_10', '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 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, 'tftp / tftp-server');
}

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08 Oct 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00444
SSVC
6