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Photon OS 5.0: Glibc PHSA-2026-5.0-0855

high Nessus Plugin ID 328959

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the glibc package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fa70ca96

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 328959

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0855_glibc.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 7/22/2026

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

Percentile: 99.95

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 5/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/12/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Glibc Tunables Privilege Escalation CVE-2023-4911 (aka Looney Tunables))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4911, CVE-2023-5156, CVE-2023-6246, CVE-2023-6779, CVE-2024-2961, CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602, CVE-2025-15281, CVE-2025-4802, CVE-2025-8058, CVE-2026-0861, CVE-2026-0915, CVE-2026-4046, CVE-2026-4437

IAVA: 2025-A-0062-S, 2025-A-0549-S, 2026-A-0102