7.8
HIGH
CVE-2025-4802
GNU C Library LD_LIBRARY_PATH Path Traversal Vulnerability
Description

Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).

INFO

Published Date :

May 16, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 17, 2025, 2:09 p.m.

Source :

3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-4802 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-4802 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu glibc
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-4802.

URL Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32976 Issue Tracking
https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=1e18586c5820e329f741d5c710275e165581380e Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/16/7 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/17/2 Exploit Mailing List

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Dockerfile Python HTML

Updated: 4 days, 6 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 28, 2025, 8:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 81 different CVEs too.

Flask app with Trivy and Bandit integrated in a CI/CD pipeline for automated security scanning and vulnerability detection.

Dockerfile Python PowerShell Shell C JavaScript CSS Roff

Updated: 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 25, 2025, 12:59 p.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.

CI/CD Automation Project for Social Media Application (DevOps)

Dockerfile HTML

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 19, 2025, 9:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Toolkit for k8s administrators/developers.

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 10, 2022, 10:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 181 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-4802 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-4802 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.27 up to (including) 2.38
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/16/7 Types: Mailing List
    Added Reference Type CVE: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/17/2 Types: Exploit, Mailing List
    Added Reference Type GNU C Library: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32976 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type GNU C Library: https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=1e18586c5820e329f741d5c710275e165581380e Types: Patch
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    May. 20, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Removed CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    May. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/17/2
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    May. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    May. 17, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/16/7
  • New CVE Received by 3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18

    May. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).
    Added CWE CWE-426
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32976
    Added Reference https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=1e18586c5820e329f741d5c710275e165581380e
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