Product overview
VMware Photon is tracked by BlackTree as an operating system or system software product. Its lifecycle page separates release identity, maintenance and security boundaries using the publisher's registered source.
Main capabilities
- Application and workload execution
- Hardware, networking and storage management
- Security updates and platform maintenance
Typical use
Used on endpoints, servers, appliances, virtual machines or cloud instances.
Deployment
Installed on physical or virtual systems, or delivered as an appliance or cloud image.
This category-level context is generated from the registered product identity. Confirm exact product capabilities on the publisher's page ↗.
Collected lifecycle data
| Product | VMware Photon |
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| Release | Product policy |
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| End of Support | March 2026 |
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| Date precision | Month |
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Known exploited vulnerabilities
Catalogue updated 11 Sep 2026These are product-family matches in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. Confirm the affected product version in the vendor advisory.
No CISA known-exploited entries currently match this mapped product family.
This does not mean the product has no vulnerabilities.
Package vulnerability advisories
OSV advisories are matched through the registered package URL. A package-family match does not prove that the installed release is affected. Check the affected and fixed versions before remediation.
No package advisories have been linked for this product identity.
This is not evidence that the product has no vulnerabilities.
Source evidence
PRIMARYManual
VMware Photon official lifecycle source
Package Upgrades: | As in every major release, 5.0 includes upgrades to packages like gcc (12.2), glibc(2.36), systemd(253), python3(3.11), openssl(3.0.8), go(1.20.2), etc. Please note some packages have been deprecated. For detailed information on package upgrades, please review the What’s new section – here . In addition, PostgreSQL versions 13, 14, and 15 are supported in Photon OS 5.0. | Upgrade Recommendation | The End of Support for Photon OS 3.0 is planned for March 2024. Therefore, we strongly recommend appliances and other consumers on Photon OS 3.0 plan their upgrades to Photon OS 5.0. Of course, you can also upgrade to Photon OS 4.0 (released in February 2021 with Expected End of Support in March 2026- subject to change ). | For more detailed information, please visit the page – What’s new in Photon OS 5.0 GA . | The Photon OS project team welcomes contributions from the community. Your comments, suggestions, and bug reports would help us improve future Photon OS releases. You can find the resources in the following link to start contributing – https://github.com/vmware/photon#contributing | Discover more from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog
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First collected 1 Sep 2026 · Last collected 12 Sep 2026 · Review state accepted
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