Detections
Analytics

Photon OS 5.0: Nginx PHSA-2026-5.0-91-0857

medium Nessus Plugin ID 332308

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the nginx package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-91-857.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 332308

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-91-0857_nginx.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28755

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40460

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28753, CVE-2026-28755, CVE-2026-40460

IAVA: 2026-A-0280-S