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Photon OS 5.0: Iniparser PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0942

medium Nessus Plugin ID 334780

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the iniparser package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-92-942.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 334780

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-92-0942_iniparser.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/12/2026

Updated: 8/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33461