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CVE-2025-32803: isc kea Incorrect Default Permissions

CVSS: 4.0v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2025-32803UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32803DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32803
Published 28-05-2025Last modified 28-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-32803 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in isc kea. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
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 4 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15181-1RHSA-2025:9178SUSE-SU-2026:0907-1SUSE-SU-2026:1091-1

Timeline

  1. 28-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In some cases, Kea log files or lease files may be world-readable. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

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

Alpine1 product
  • kea< 2.6.3-r0
Debian1 product
  • isc-keaAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.6.3-1
Isc1 product
  • kea≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.4.1 | ≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.2 | ≥ 2.7.0, ≤ 2.7.8
Ubuntu1 product
  • isc-keaAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.6.3-1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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