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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2025-0622

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 18, 2025
Added
Jul 2, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in command/gpg. In some scenarios, hooks created by loaded modules are not removed when the related module is unloaded. This flaw allows an attacker to force grub2 to call the hooks once the module that registered it was unloaded, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. If correctly exploited, this vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution, eventually allowing the attacker to bypass secure boot protections.

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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