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Photon OS 5.0: Keepalived PHSA-2026-5.0-0921

critical Nessus Plugin ID 328930

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the keepalived package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-921.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 328930

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0921_keepalived.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/22/2026

Updated: 7/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41184

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41184