Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere in cifs-utils - CVE-2025-2312
Published: April 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107628
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-2312
CWE-ID: CWE-497
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Distrotech
Affected software:
cifs-utils
cifs-utils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exist due to cifs.upcall program from the cifs-utils package makes an upcall to the wrong namespace in containerized environments when trying to obtain Kerberos credentials. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-2312
Install updates from vendor's website.