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Photon OS 5.0: Powershell PHSA-2025-5.0-0577

critical Nessus Plugin ID 260440

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the powershell package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?92e3101d

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 260440

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0577_powershell.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 9/2/2025

Updated: 10/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.86

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-30399

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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:powershell

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-30399