CVE-2025-4598

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.
CVSS

No CVSS.

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

18 Aug 2025, 16:15

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References
  • () https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/analysis-of-cve-2025-4598 -
  • () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/18/3 -
  • () https://ciq.com/blog/the-real-danger-of-systemd-coredump-cve-2025-4598/ -

12 Aug 2025, 19:59

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First Time Redhat
Redhat openshift Container Platform
Redhat enterprise Linux
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/3 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/3 - Mailing List
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/1 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/1 - Mailing List
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/3 - () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/3 - Mailing List
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4598 - () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4598 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369242 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369242 - Issue Tracking
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

05 Jun 2025, 07:15

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/3 -

05 Jun 2025, 03:15

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/05/1 -

30 May 2025, 16:31

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CWE CWE-364
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.7
v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown

30 May 2025, 14:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-30 14:15

Updated : 2025-08-18 16:15


NVD link : CVE-2025-4598

Mitre link : CVE-2025-4598


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • openshift_container_platform
CWE

No CWE.