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CVE-2025-4802

Published: May 16, 2025Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-426
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected Products

glibcThe GNU C Library
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
glibcgnuOSS Libraries
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Альт 8 СПАО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
the gnu c libraryoss-projectOSS Librariesaka glibc
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=1e18586c5820e329f741d5c710275e165581380e
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32976
sourceware.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/16/7
openwall.com
and 13 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 16, 2025
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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