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Photon OS 5.0: Chromium PHSA-2026-5.0-0850

high Nessus Plugin ID 315070

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the chromium package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-850.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 315070

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0850_chromium.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2026

Updated: 5/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5281

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 5/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5281