Rocky Linux 9.2 [CIQ] Security Update: open-vm-tools / open-vm-tools-desktop / open-vm-tools-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_1618)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364600

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_1618 advisory.

This advisory aggregates security fixes for the open-vm-tools SRPM in CIQ LTS 9.2. It addresses 3 CVEs:
CVE-2023-20900, CVE-2023-20867, CVE-2015-5191.

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 ciqsa-2026_1618.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364600

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_2_ciqsa-2026_1618.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/12/2026

Updated: 10/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

Percentile: 96.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20900

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: 10/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5191, CVE-2023-20867, CVE-2023-20900

Detections

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