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Photon OS 5.0: Perl PHSA-2025-5.0-0643

critical Nessus Plugin ID 270413

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the perl package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c6e1d01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 270413

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0643_perl.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/15/2025

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.6

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-2025-40909

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:perl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40909