Photon OS 5.0: Zlib PHSA-2026-5.0-0874

medium Nessus Plugin ID 320962

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the zlib package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-874.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 320962

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0874_zlib.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/13/2026

Updated: 6/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27171

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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:zlib

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: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27171

IAVA: 2026-A-0214