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Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-7.5.1.8)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 321809
Synopsis
The Nutanix AOS host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities .Description
The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 7.5.1.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-7.5.1.8 advisory.- A flaw was found in GLib (Gnome Lib). This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause heap corruption, leading to a denial of service or potential code execution via a buffer-underflow in the GVariant parser when processing maliciously crafted input strings. (CVE-2025-14087)
- In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is a NULL pointer dereference if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, causing the process to terminate in parse_nego_message.
(CVE-2026-40355)
- In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22.3, there is an integer underflow and resultant out-of-bounds read if an application calls gss_accept_sec_context() on a system with a NegoEx mechanism registered in /etc/gss/mech. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this, possibly causing the process to terminate in parse_message. (CVE-2026-40356)
- In rsync 3.0.1 through 3.4.1, receive_xattr relies on an untrusted length value during a qsort call, leading to a receiver use-after-free. The victim must run rsync with -X (aka --xattrs). On Linux, many (but not all) common configurations are vulnerable. Non-Linux platforms are more widely vulnerable.
(CVE-2026-41035)
- A flaw was found in glib. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overflow and denial-of-service (DoS) via an integer overflow in GLib's GIO (GLib Input/Output) escape_byte_string() function when processing malicious file or remote filesystem attribute values. (CVE-2025-14512)
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 AOS 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: Critical
ID: 321809
File Name: nutanix_NXSA-AOS-7_5_1_8.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Family: Misc.
Published: 6/21/2026
Updated: 6/21/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14087
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Threat Score: 8.1
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6100
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:nutanix:aos
Required KB Items: Host/Nutanix/Data/lts, Host/Nutanix/Data/Service, Host/Nutanix/Data/Version, Host/Nutanix/Data/arch
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-14087, CVE-2025-14512, CVE-2025-9714, CVE-2026-22007, CVE-2026-22013, CVE-2026-22016, CVE-2026-22018, CVE-2026-22021, CVE-2026-23865, CVE-2026-34268, CVE-2026-34282, CVE-2026-34982, CVE-2026-35385, CVE-2026-35386, CVE-2026-35387, CVE-2026-35388, CVE-2026-35414, CVE-2026-35535, CVE-2026-40355, CVE-2026-40356, CVE-2026-41035, CVE-2026-4786, CVE-2026-4878, CVE-2026-6100