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Photon OS 4.0: Polkit PHSA-2025-4.0-0903

critical Nessus Plugin ID 279678

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the polkit package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-903.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 279678

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-4_0-0903_polkit.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 12/24/2025

Updated: 11/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2025-7519

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:4.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:polkit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-7519

IAVA: 2025-A-0642