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Photon OS 4.0: Runc PHSA-2026-4.0-0964

high Nessus Plugin ID 299589

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the runc package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-964.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299589

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-4_0-0964_runc.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16884

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31133

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-52565

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:runc, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16884, CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, CVE-2025-52881

IAVA: 2025-A-0876