Microsoft High Performance Compute (HPC) Pack (CVE-2025-21198)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 216273

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft High Performance Compute (HPC) Pack prior to 2019 update 3.
An authenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

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

Solution

Update to version HPC Pack 2019 Update 3 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 216273

File Name: microsoft_hpc_cve-2025-21198.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/14/2025

Updated: 2/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21198

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:microsoft:hpc

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft HPC Pack

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21198

IAVB: 2025-B-0020

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