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TI-2025-11680 Aliases CVE-2025-12744GHSA-vwhf-x6j3-3qfg

Abrt: command-injection in abrt leading to local privilege escalation

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 9 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

A flaw was found in the ABRT daemon’s handling of user-supplied mount information.ABRT copies up to 12 characters from an untrusted input and places them directly into a shell command (docker inspect %s) without proper validation. An unprivileged local user can craft a payload that injects shell metacharacters, causing the root-running ABRT process to execute attacker-controlled commands and ultimately gain full root privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0068 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial abrt: 2.17.7Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—abrtbefore 2.17.72.17.7Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8——No fix listedCNA
  • abrt Vendor— Affected before 2.17.7 Fixed in 2.17.7 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CNA · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:66—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:77—Red Hat
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:88—Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 Versions 6 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 Versions 7 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 Versions 8 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA abrt Fixed in 2.17.7

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:23032 Released 2025-12-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    abrt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_6, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_6, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_6 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_6, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_6, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_6 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_6, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_6, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_6 +19
  • RHSA-2025:23033 Released 2025-12-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    abrt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_4, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_4, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_4 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_4, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_4, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_4 +19
  • RHSA-2025:23031 Released 2025-12-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    abrt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_2, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_2, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_2 +19
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2025:23030 Released 2025-12-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    abrt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_8, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_8, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_8 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_8, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_8, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_8 +19
  • RHSA-2025:22760 Released 2025-12-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    abrt security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) abrt-2.10.9-25.el8_10, abrt-addon-ccpp-2.10.9-25.el8_10, abrt-addon-coredump-helper-2.10.9-25.el8_10 +19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2025:22760
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2)Fixed RHSA-2025:23031
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:23033
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2025:23032
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2025:23032
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2025:23030
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)Fixed RHSA-2025:23033
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2025:23032
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)Fixed RHSA-2025:23030
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12744
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwhf-x6j3-3qfg
  3. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Other 2

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  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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