01 Record
CVE-2025-57849
Fuse: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Fuse: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 11.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-13 03:08Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-13 14:13Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- b73b202b6fd60e0cb4af925d04703e23711eb9291a20427182d05cf8fdc9176f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-57849
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2391100https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391100