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RHEL 10 : edk2 (RHSA-2026:18465)
high Nessus Plugin ID 315436
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for edk2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:18465 advisory.EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.
Security Fix(es):
* edk2: EDK2: Improper Input Validation allows arbitrary command execution (CVE-2025-2296)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL edk2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:18465.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?61671f2f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2420637
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-112106
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-116433
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-118386
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-138335
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-147785
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-150696
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 315436
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-18465.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/19/2026
Updated: 5/19/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:C/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2296
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.2
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.4
Threat Score: 5.7
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:edk2-ovmf
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-2296
CWE: 20
RHSA: 2026:18465