Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-54798

low Nessus Plugin ID 253585

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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.

- tmp is a temporary file and directory creator for node.js. In versions 0.2.3 and below, tmp is vulnerable to an arbitrary temporary file / directory write via symbolic link dir parameter. This is fixed in version 0.2.4. (CVE-2025-54798)

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: 253585

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_54798.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/22/2025

Updated: 9/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54798

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-graphite, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-tmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-stackdriver, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-mssql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-loki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-influxdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-azure-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mssql, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-cloudwatch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-opentsdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:grafana-postgres, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-postgres, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-selinux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:grafana-graphite

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54798

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