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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-62621

medium Nessus Plugin ID 380859

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Expected behavior violation in AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) firmware could allow a malicious hypervisor to bypass Reverse Map Table (RMP) protections, potentially resulting in a loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP) guest memory integrity. (CVE-2025-62621)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62621

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 380859

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_62621.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/14/2026

Updated: 11/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.79

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62621

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amd64-microcode

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62621