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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-22874

high Nessus Plugin ID 245948

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Calling Verify with a VerifyOptions.KeyUsages that contains ExtKeyUsageAny unintentionally disabledpolicy validation. This only affected certificate chains which contain policy graphs, which are rather uncommon.
 (CVE-2025-22874)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-22874

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-22874

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 245948

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_22874.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 8/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-bin, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.14, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.13, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-docs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.23, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.24, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-misc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-src, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:go-toolset, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.20, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:golang-race, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.22, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.21, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.18, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:golang-1.16

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22874