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Photon OS 5.0: Rubygem PHSA-2026-5.0-0762

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299048

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the rubygem package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-762.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299048

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0762_rubygem.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2026

Updated: 2/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25765

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:rubygem, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25765