Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-46653

low Nessus Plugin ID 253086

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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.

- Formidable (aka node-formidable) 2.1.0 through 3.x before 3.5.3 relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content; however, hexoid is documented as not cryptographically secure. (Also, there is a scenario in which only the last two characters of a hexoid string need to be guessed, but this is not often relevant.) NOTE: this does not imply that, in a typical use case, attackers will be able to exploit any hexoid behavior to upload and execute their own content. (CVE-2025-46653)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 253086

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_46653.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/21/2025

Updated: 10/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46653

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-formidable, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox-x11, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:thunderbird, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-formidable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:thunderbird, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:firefox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel

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: 4/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46653

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