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Photon OS 5.0: Rubygem PHSA-2026-5.0-0911

medium Nessus Plugin ID 324558

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-5.0-911.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 324558

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0911_rubygem.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.77

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57236

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57437

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54297, CVE-2026-57234, CVE-2026-57235, CVE-2026-57236, CVE-2026-57434, CVE-2026-57435, CVE-2026-57436, CVE-2026-57437, CVE-2026-57438