AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: PackageKit / PackageKit-command-not-found / PackageKit-cron / etc (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1778773906)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(359816);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/01");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-41651");
  script_xref(name:"CLSA", value:"2026:1778773906");

  script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: PackageKit / PackageKit-command-not-found / PackageKit-cron / etc (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1778773906)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare
ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1778773906 advisory.

  - PackageKit is a a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a
    cross-distro, cross-architecture API. PackageKit between and including versions 1.0.2 and 1.3.4 is
    vulnerable to a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition on transaction flags that allows
    unprivileged users to install packages as root and thus leads to a local privilege escalation. This is
    patched in version 1.3.5. A local unprivileged user can install arbitrary RPM packages as root, including
    executing RPM scriptlets, without authentication. The vulnerability is a TOCTOU race condition on
    `transaction->cached_transaction_flags` combined with a silent state-machine guard that discards illegal
    backward transitions while leaving corrupted flags in place. Three bugs exist in `src/pk-transaction.c`:
    1. Unconditional flag overwrite (line 4036): `InstallFiles()` writes caller-supplied flags to
    `transaction->cached_transaction_flags` without checking whether the transaction has already been
    authorized/started. A second call blindly overwrites the flags even while the transaction is RUNNING. 2.
    Silent state-transition rejection (lines 873882): `pk_transaction_set_state()` silently discards backward
    state transitions (e.g. `RUNNING`  `WAITING_FOR_AUTH`) but the flag overwrite at step 1 already happened.
    The transaction continues running with corrupted flags. 3. Late flag read at execution time (lines
    22732277): The scheduler's idle callback reads cached_transaction_flags at dispatch time, not at
    authorization time. If flags were overwritten between authorization and execution, the backend sees the
    attacker's flags. (CVE-2026-41651)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/tuxcare9.6esu/advisories/2026/clsa-2026_1778773906.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?66596825");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1778773906");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1778773906.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-41651");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/04/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/05/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/01");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Alma Linux 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");
  script_require_keys("Host/OS/extended-third-party", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (empty_or_null(third_party_support) || third_party_support != 'TuxCare') exit(0, 'TuxCare support not enabled.');

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) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^9.6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 9.6', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'x86_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);


var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'sp': '6',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'PackageKit-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-command-not-found-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-cron-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-glib-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-glib-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-glib-devel-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-glib-devel-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.2.6-1.el9.tuxcare.els1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

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 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;
  }
  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 &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!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)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'PackageKit / PackageKit-command-not-found / PackageKit-cron / etc');
}