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Photon OS 5.0: Nasm PHSA-2026-5.0-0925

medium Nessus Plugin ID 329324

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the nasm package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-925.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 329324

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0925_nasm.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/24/2026

Updated: 7/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.23

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6068

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 7/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8842, CVE-2025-8844, CVE-2025-8845, CVE-2025-8846, CVE-2026-6068