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Rocky Linux 10.2 [CIQ] Security Update: gawk / gawk-all-langpacks / gawk-debuginfo / gawk-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_73429)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 359527
Synopsis
The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The Rocky Linux 10.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_73429 advisory.* gawk: gawk: Memory corruption via integer overflow (CVE-2026-40468)
* gawk: Gawk: Buffer overflow in ftype() routine may lead to code execution or denial of service (CVE-2026-40553)
* gawk: gawk: Denial of Service due to Use After Free vulnerability in io.c (CVE-2026-40467)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_73429.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73429
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499655
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499657
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499658
https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:73429
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 359527
File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_10_2_crlsa-2026_73429.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 10/1/2026
Updated: 10/1/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Unknown
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40468
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Threat Score: 1.2
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40553
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2026