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Photon OS 5.0: Vim PHSA-2025-5.0-0538

medium Nessus Plugin ID 240516

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the vim package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e1d8d4a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 240516

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0538_vim.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 6/25/2025

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27423

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26603, CVE-2025-27423, CVE-2025-29768

IAVA: 2025-A-0128-S, 2025-A-0278-S