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Photon OS 5.0: Erlang PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0505

high Nessus Plugin ID 333784

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the erlang package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-91-505.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 333784

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-91-0505_erlang.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/10/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.1

Percentile: 49.34

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 3.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-26618

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:erlang

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53846, CVE-2025-26618, CVE-2025-30211

IAVA: 2025-A-0872-S