Photon OS 5.0: Erlang PHSA-2026-5.0-91-0883

An update of the erlang package has been released. %NASLMINLEVEL 80900 C Tenable, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2026-5.0-91-0883. The text itself is copyright C VMware, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description...

Updated erlang packages fix a security vulnerability

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: SFTP READLINK response leaks absolute backend filesystem path when root is configured. CVE-2026-48855...

MGASA-2026-0270 Updated erlang packages fix a security vulnerability

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: SFTP READLINK response leaks absolute backend filesystem path when root is configured. CVE-2026-48855...

Fedora 44 : erlang (2026-ef630b13b0)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ef630b13b0 advisory. Fix for CVE-2026-48855 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for...

EEF-CVE-2026-48855 SFTP READLINK Leaks Absolute Backend Filesystem Path When Root Is Configured

Summary Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Erlang OTP ssh sshsftpd module allows File Discovery. The SSHFXPREADLINK handler in sshsftpd sends the raw result of file:readlink/2 to the client without calling chrootfilename/2 to strip the backend root prefix...