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Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: gnupg2 / gnupg2-smime (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1786609750)

low Nessus Plugin ID 360831

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1786609750 advisory.

 - CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax) parsing in gpgsm in GnuPG through 2.5.20 mishandles the CMS format for AES-GCM because aes-ICVlen is supposed to be 12 bytes but 4 bytes is accepted. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2026-34182. (CVE-2026-57062)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1786609750.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1786609750

http://www.nessus.org/u?dc5bebfa

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 360831

File Name: tuxcare_rocky_linux_9.6_CLSA-2026-1786609750.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57062

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-57062

CLSA: 2026:1786609750