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Photon OS 5.0: Coredns PHSA-2026-5.0-0794

medium Nessus Plugin ID 303584

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the coredns package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-794.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 303584

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0794_coredns.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/25/2026

Updated: 3/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:coredns

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: 3/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26017, CVE-2026-26018