5.9

CVE-2025-2312: cifs-utils

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesMGASA-2025-0176SUSE-SU-2025:1381-1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2312
Published 25-03-2025Last modified 25-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2312 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in cifs-utils. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 44 · Related 44

Timeline

  1. 25-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu138 products
  • cifs-utilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.3 | < 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.2 | < 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.1
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-218.238 | < 5.15.0-142.152 | < 6.8.0-62.65
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1147.157 | < 5.15.0-1086.93 | < 6.8.0-1030.32
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Suse4 products
  • cifs-utils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 6.15-150400.3.12.1
  • cifs-utils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4< 6.15-150400.3.12.1
  • cifs-utils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 6.15-150400.3.12.1
  • cifs-utils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 6.15-150400.3.12.1
Cifs-utils1 product
Debian1 product
  • cifs-utilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:7.2-1
Mageia1 product
  • cifs-utils< 7.0-1.1.mga9
Opensuse1 product
  • cifs-utils&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 6.15-150400.3.12.1

6 vendors · 146 products

References

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