CVE-2025-4598

4.7 MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump

Published: 2025-05-30 · Last updated: 2026-05-19

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 4.7 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-364

Affected products

Vendor	Product
debian	debian_linux, enterprise_linux, linux
linux	debian_linux, enterprise_linux, linux
oracle	debian_linux, enterprise_linux, linux
redhat	debian_linux, enterprise_linux, linux
systemd_project	debian_linux, enterprise_linux, linux

Description

A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process. A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run with the file owner's permissions, regardless of the user executing the binary. This allows the process to access more restricted data than unprivileged users or processes would be able to. An attacker can leverage this flaw by forcing a SUID process to crash and force the Linux kernel to recycle the process PID before systemd-coredump can analyze the /proc/pid/auxv file. If the attacker wins the race condition, they gain access to the original's SUID process coredump file. They can read sensitive content loaded into memory by the original binary, affecting data confidentiality.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4598
[Other]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22660
[Other]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22868
[Other]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23227
[Other]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23234
[Other]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0414
[Other]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1652
[Other]https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18153
[Vendor advisory]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4598
[Other]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369242
[Other]https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/3
[Other]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/9
[Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/1
[Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/3
[Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/18/3
[Exploit reference]https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/analysis-of-cve-2025-4598
[Exploit reference]https://ciq.com/blog/the-real-danger-of-systemd-coredump-cve-2025-4598/
[Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00022.html
[Other]https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/18/3
[Other]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html

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