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Nutanix AHV : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AHV-10.0.1.4)
high Nessus Plugin ID 266317
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Synopsis
The Nutanix AHV host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities .Description
The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to 10.0.1.4 / AHV-10.0.1.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-10.0.1.4 advisory.- There exists a vulnerability in SQLite versions before 3.50.2 where the number of aggregate terms could exceed the number of columns available. This could lead to a memory corruption issue. We recommend upgrading to version 3.50.2 or above. (CVE-2025-6965)
- The regcomp function in the GNU C library version from 2.4 to 2.41 is subject to a double free if some previous allocation fails. It can be accomplished either by a malloc failure or by using an interposed malloc that injects random malloc failures. The double free can allow buffer manipulation depending of how the regex is constructed. This issue affects all architectures and ABIs supported by the GNU C library.
(CVE-2025-8058)
- A multi-vendor cache poisoning vulnerability named 'Rebirthday Attack' has been discovered in caching resolvers that support EDNS Client Subnet (ECS). Unbound is also vulnerable when compiled with ECS support, i.e., '--enable-subnet', AND configured to send ECS information along with queries to upstream name servers, i.e., at least one of the 'send-client-subnet', 'client-subnet-zone' or 'client-subnet- always-forward' options is used. Resolvers supporting ECS need to segregate outgoing queries to accommodate for different outgoing ECS information. This re-opens up resolvers to a birthday paradox attack (Rebirthday Attack) that tries to match the DNS transaction ID in order to cache non-ECS poisonous replies. (CVE-2025-5994)
- Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily changed in order to clone that handle for the new thread, which is visible from any third (or more) thread already running. This may lead to unintended operations such as loading code or accessing files from unexpected locations, which a local attacker may be able to exploit. The bug was introduced in commit 11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e and released in Perl version 5.13.6 (CVE-2025-40909)
- In libxml2 before 2.13.8 and 2.14.x before 2.14.2, xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables in xmlschemas.c has a heap- based buffer under-read. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used. (CVE-2025-32415)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the Nutanix AHV software to the recommended version. Before upgrading: if this cluster is registered with Prism Central, ensure that Prism Central has been upgraded first to a compatible version. Refer to the Software Product Interoperability page on the Nutanix portal.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 266317
File Name: nutanix_NXSA-AHV-10_0_1_4.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Family: Misc.
Published: 9/30/2025
Updated: 7/15/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Percentile: 98.46
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6965
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.7
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.7
Threat Score: 7.7
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5994
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:nutanix:ahv
Required KB Items: Host/Nutanix/Data/Node/Version, Host/Nutanix/Data/Node/Type
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-47081, CVE-2025-32415, CVE-2025-40909, CVE-2025-5994, CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-8058