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SCA: security update for passenger (GHSA-7cv3-gvmc-8mq5)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432994

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - During the spawning of a malicious Passenger-managed application, SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x
 before 5.3.2 allows such applications to replace key files or directories in the spawning communication
 directory with symlinks. This then could result in arbitrary reads and writes, which in turn can result in
 information disclosure and privilege escalation. (CVE-2018-12026)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cv3-gvmc-8mq5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432994

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12026

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12026

cwe: CWE-59