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RHEL 9 : compat-openssl11 (RHSA-2026:89737)

🗓️ 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Heap buffer overflow and stale buffer offset in RHEL 9 compat-openssl11.

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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-2026:89737. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(372013);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-63072", "CVE-2026-84782");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:89737");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : compat-openssl11 (RHSA-2026:89737)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for compat-openssl11.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2026:89737 advisory.

    The OpenSSL toolkit provides support for secure communications between machines. This version of OpenSSL
    package contains only the libraries from the 1.1.1 version and is provided for compatibility with previous
    releases.

    Security Fix(es):

    * openssl: heap buffer overflow in CMS key unwrapping (CVE-2026-63072)

    * openssl: compat-openssl: DTLS Retransmits Handshake Messages From a Stale Buffer Offset (CVE-2026-84782)

    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
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=2517560");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2537080");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_89737.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6bbe3910");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89737");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL compat-openssl11 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:89737.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:L/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-2026-84782");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(125, 787);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-openssl11");
  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_info2.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: 'eq', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9.2')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.2', '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': '2',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel9/rhui/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e6s/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'compat-openssl11-1.1.1k-4.el9_2.3', 'sp':'2', '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 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, 'compat-openssl11');
}

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26 Oct 2026 00:00Current
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