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RockyLinux 9 : ruby (RLSA-2026:96067)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 378129

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-2026:96067 advisory.

 * ruby: double free issue in regular expression parser (CVE-2026-89078)

 * 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)

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=2539836

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539842

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2550153

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2558632

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:96067

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 378129

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-96067.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/10/2026

Updated: 11/10/2026

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:ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-default-gems, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-io-console-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-json-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-psych-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rbs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rexml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rss, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-typeprof, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygems

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: 11/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-110264, CVE-2026-89078, CVE-2026-93577, CVE-2026-97229