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Photon OS 5.0: Openssl PHSA-2025-5.0-0648

medium Nessus Plugin ID 271246

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the openssl package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?80cadfaf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 271246

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0648_openssl.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 10/23/2025

Updated: 10/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 95.89

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9230, CVE-2025-9232

IAVA: 2025-A-0716-S