Photon OS 5.0: Libpng PHSA-2026-5.0-0802
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 723 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities | 18 Aug 202609:35 | – | ibm | |
| Security Bulletin: IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities | 18 Aug 202609:18 | – | ibm | |
| CVE-2021-4214 | 24 Aug 202216:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2026-33416 | 26 Mar 202616:48 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2026-33636 | 26 Mar 202616:51 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2026-3713 | 8 Mar 202606:02 | – | attackerkb | |
| Amazon Linux 2023 : firefox (ALAS2023-2026-1554) | 13 Apr 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux 2023 : libpng, libpng-devel, libpng-static (ALAS2023-2026-1563) | 13 Apr 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux 2 : thunderbird, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3241 (ALAS-2026-3241) | 14 Apr 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux 2 : libpng12, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3243 (ALAS-2026-3243) | 14 Apr 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2026-5.0-0802. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(305121);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/04/30");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2021-4214",
"CVE-2026-33416",
"CVE-2026-33636",
"CVE-2026-3713"
);
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2026-A-0272-S");
script_name(english:"Photon OS 5.0: Libpng PHSA-2026-5.0-0802");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of the libpng package has been released.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-802.md");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"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");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-3713");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-4214");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/08/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/04/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/04/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libpng");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/PhotonOS/release", "Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var _release = get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/release');
if (isnull(_release) || _release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS');
if (_release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 5\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS 5.0');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'PhotonOS', cpu);
var flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'libpng-1.6.56-1.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'libpng-devel-1.6.56-1.ph5')) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libpng');
}
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Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 3.15.5 - 7.6
CVSS 24.3
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CVSS 35.3
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