CVE-2025-2312 (CVSS 5.9)

Description

A flaw was found in cifs-utils. When trying to obtain Kerberos credentials, the cifs.upcall program from the cifs-utils package makes an upcall to the wrong namespace in containerized environments. This issue may lead to disclosing sensitive data from the host's Kerberos credentials cache.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.9

MEDIUM

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

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-488 CWE-488

References

Other References

https://git.samba.org/?p=cifs-utils.git;a=commit;h=89b679228cc1be9739d54203d28289b03352c174 https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/fs/smb?id=db363b0a1d9e6b9dc556296f1b1007aeb496a8cf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-2312? +

A flaw was found in cifs-utils. When trying to obtain Kerberos credentials, the cifs.upcall program from the cifs-utils package makes an upcall to the wrong namespace in containerized environments. This issue may lead to disclosing sensitive data from the host's Kerberos credentials cache. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-2312? +

CVE-2025-2312 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.9 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-2312? +

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