CVE-2025-21842

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 14.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-03-07 09:10Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 11:54Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-12-29

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-99Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')Class

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4ea0d63c1e19f0bddf3ccf5b2fa2c793f847fca49b43f6335653480bed428d38

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5ab1c1ae504f622cc1ff48830a9ed48428146d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/091a68c58c1bbd2ab7d05d1b32c1306394ec691d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a33f7f9660705fb2ecf3467b2c48965564f392ce