A flaw was found in util-linux.
CVE-2025-14104
A flaw was found in util-linux. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overread when processing 256-byte usernames, specifically within the setpwnam() function, affecting SUID (Set User ID) login-utils utilities writing to the password database.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 6.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- Medium
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 5 December 2025
- Last updated
- 5 November 2026
- Affected
- Red Hat · util-linux · Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 · Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 · Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 · Red Hat Ceph Storage 9
- Assigner
- redhat
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
At the source
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1696
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1852
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1913
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2563
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2737
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2800
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3406
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4943
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7180
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354
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