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RockyLinux 9 : ruby:4.0 (RLSA-2026:96120)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 377684
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:96120 advisory.* ruby: integer overflow issue in regular expression compiler (CVE-2026-93577)
* ruby: integer overflow issue in CI/CD regular expression compiler (CVE-2026-97229)
* ruby: integer overflow issue in regular expression compiler (CVE-2026-110264)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* ruby:4.0/ruby: Rebase to the latest Ruby 4.0 release [rhel-9] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-260675)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.See Also
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2550153
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 377684
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-96120.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 11/9/2026
Updated: 11/9/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.3
Percentile: 99.83
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-97229
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 9.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/1/2026