The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to 10.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-10.3 advisory.

  - libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and     xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated     against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.
    (CVE-2024-56171)

  - In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option>     elements from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods     (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.
    (CVE-2020-11023)

  - xsltGetInheritedNsList in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free issue related to exclusion of result     prefixes. (CVE-2024-55549)

  - numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath     context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue,     xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal. (CVE-2025-24855)

  - Flatpak is a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework. Prior to versions 1.14.0 and     1.15.10, a malicious or compromised Flatpak app using persistent directories could access and write files     outside of what it would otherwise have access to, which is an attack on integrity and confidentiality.
    When `persistent=subdir` is used in the application permissions (represented as `--persist=subdir` in the     command-line interface), that means that an application which otherwise doesn't have access to the real     user home directory will see an empty home directory with a writeable subdirectory `subdir`. Behind the     scenes, this directory is actually a bind mount and the data is stored in the per-application directory as     `~/.var/app/$APPID/subdir`. This allows existing apps that are not aware of the per-application directory     to still work as intended without general home directory access. However, the application does have write     access to the application directory `~/.var/app/$APPID` where this directory is stored. If the source     directory for the `persistent`/`--persist` option is replaced by a symlink, then the next time the     application is started, the bind mount will follow the symlink and mount whatever it points to into the     sandbox. Partial protection against this vulnerability can be provided by patching Flatpak using the     patches in commits ceec2ffc and 98f79773. However, this leaves a race condition that could be exploited by     two instances of a malicious app running in parallel. Closing the race condition requires updating or     patching the version of bubblewrap that is used by Flatpak to add the new `--bind-fd` option using the     patch and then patching Flatpak to use it. If Flatpak has been configured at build-time with     `-Dsystem_bubblewrap=bwrap` (1.15.x) or `--with-system-bubblewrap=bwrap` (1.14.x or older), or a similar     option, then the version of bubblewrap that needs to be patched is a system copy that is distributed     separately, typically `/usr/bin/bwrap`. This configuration is the one that is typically used in Linux     distributions. If Flatpak has been configured at build-time with `-Dsystem_bubblewrap=` (1.15.x) or with     `--without-system-bubblewrap` (1.14.x or older), then it is the bundled version of bubblewrap that is     included with Flatpak that must be patched. This is typically installed as `/usr/libexec/flatpak-bwrap`.
    This configuration is the default when building from source code. For the 1.14.x stable branch, these     changes are included in Flatpak 1.14.10. The bundled version of bubblewrap included in this release has     been updated to 0.6.3. For the 1.15.x development branch, these changes are included in Flatpak 1.15.10.
    The bundled version of bubblewrap in this release is a Meson wrap subproject, which has been updated to     0.10.0. The 1.12.x and 1.10.x branches will not be updated for this vulnerability. Long-term support OS     distributions should backport the individual changes into their versions of Flatpak and bubblewrap, or     update to newer versions if their stability policy allows it. As a workaround, avoid using applications     using the `persistent` (`--persist`) permission. (CVE-2024-42472)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:22607 advisory.

    Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.

    Security Fix(es):

    * expat: internal entity expansion (CVE-2013-0340)

    * expat: integer overflow in the doProlog function (CVE-2022-23990)

    * libexpat: expat: Improper Restriction of XML Entity Expansion Depth in libexpat (CVE-2024-8176)

    * expat: libexpat in Expat allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small     document that is submitted for parsing (CVE-2025-59375)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 14.x prior to 14.7.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. A machine-in-the-middle     attack can be performed by a malicious machine impersonating a legit server. This issue occurs due to how     OpenSSH mishandles error codes in specific conditions when verifying the host key. For an attack to be     considered successful, the attacker needs to manage to exhaust the client's memory resource first, turning     the attack complexity high. (CVE-2025-26465)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity     expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat     can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could     lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the     environment and library usage. (CVE-2024-8176)

  - A flaw was found in the OpenSSH package. For each ping packet the SSH server receives, a pong packet is     allocated in a memory buffer and stored in a queue of packages. It is only freed when the server/client     key exchange has finished. A malicious client may keep sending such packages, leading to an uncontrolled     increase in memory consumption on the server side. Consequently, the server may become unavailable,     resulting in a denial of service attack. (CVE-2025-26466)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 15.x prior to 15.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. A machine-in-the-middle     attack can be performed by a malicious machine impersonating a legit server. This issue occurs due to how     OpenSSH mishandles error codes in specific conditions when verifying the host key. For an attack to be     considered successful, the attacker needs to manage to exhaust the client's memory resource first, turning     the attack complexity high. (CVE-2025-26465)

  - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity     expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat     can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could     lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the     environment and library usage. (CVE-2024-8176)

  - A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries. This issue is fixed in     macOS Ventura 13.7.6, macOS Sequoia 15.5, macOS Sonoma 14.7.6. An app may be able to access sensitive user     data. (CVE-2025-24142)

  - This issue was addressed with improved handling of floats. This issue is fixed in tvOS 18.5, Safari 18.5,     iPadOS 17.7.7, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, macOS Sequoia 15.5, watchOS 11.5, visionOS 2.5. A type confusion     issue could lead to memory corruption. (CVE-2025-24213)

  - The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.5.
    Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash. (CVE-2025-24222)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
240537	Nutanix AHV : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AHV-10.3)	Nessus	Misc.	6/25/2025	8/13/2026	high
277137	RHEL 8 : expat (RHSA-2025:22607)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	12/3/2025	12/3/2025	high
235717	macOS 14.x < 14.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122717)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/12/2025	1/21/2026	medium
235718	macOS 15.x < 15.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122716)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/12/2025	1/21/2026	medium

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