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Photon OS 5.0: Wireshark PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0986

critical Nessus Plugin ID 375626

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-92-986.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 375626

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-92-0986_wireshark.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/3/2026

Updated: 11/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.41

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76929

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76886

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15163, CVE-2026-15164, CVE-2026-15165, CVE-2026-15166, CVE-2026-15167, CVE-2026-15168, CVE-2026-15169, CVE-2026-15170, CVE-2026-15171, CVE-2026-15172, CVE-2026-15173, CVE-2026-15174, CVE-2026-76879, CVE-2026-76880, CVE-2026-76881, CVE-2026-76882, CVE-2026-76883, CVE-2026-76884, CVE-2026-76885, CVE-2026-76886, CVE-2026-76887, CVE-2026-76888, CVE-2026-76889, CVE-2026-76890, CVE-2026-76891, CVE-2026-76917, CVE-2026-76918, CVE-2026-76919, CVE-2026-76920, CVE-2026-76921, CVE-2026-76922, CVE-2026-76923, CVE-2026-76924, CVE-2026-76926, CVE-2026-76927, CVE-2026-76928, CVE-2026-76929

IAVB: 2026-B-0191-S, 2026-B-0239-S