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

medium 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

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-855.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 328959

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

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/22/2026

Updated: 7/22/2026

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 5.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8058

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

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