Photon OS 5.0: Libvirt PHSA-2026-5.0-0855
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 59 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update | 7 Nov 202300:00 | – | almalinux | |
| Astra Linux – Vulnerability in libvirt | 20 May 202605:53 | – | astralinux | |
| The vulnerability of the virStoragePoolObjListSearch function in the virtualization management library Libvirt allows a attacker to trigger a service failure. | 11 Apr 202400:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CentOS 9 : libvirt-9.5.0-5.el9 | 29 Feb 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 38 : libvirt (2024-2d35e47af3) | 11 Feb 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-202412-16 : libvirt: Multiple Vulnerabilities | 11 Dec 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 9 : libvirt-9.5.0-7.el9.ML.1 (AXSA:2023-7009:11) | 20 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 8 : kvm_utils3 (ELSA-2023-12855) | 7 Oct 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 9 : libvirt (ELSA-2023-6409) | 16 Nov 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 8 : virt:kvm_utils3 (ELSA-2024-12604) | 2 Sep 202400:00 | – | 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-2026-5.0-0855. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(328956);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/22");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-3750");
script_name(english:"Photon OS 5.0: Libvirt PHSA-2026-5.0-0855");
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 libvirt package has been released.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-855.md");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-3750");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/07/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/05/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libvirt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
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:'libvirt-9.3.0-12.1.1.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'libvirt-devel-9.3.0-12.1.1.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'libvirt-docs-9.3.0-12.1.1.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, 'libvirt');
}
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22 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.15.3 - 6.5
EPSS0.00753
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