7.8

CVE-2025-4802: gnu glibc Untrusted Search Path

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2025-0164SUSE-SU-2025:01702-1SUSE-SU-2025:01702-2
Published 16-05-2025Last modified 26-02-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-4802 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.59%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 16-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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).

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.56% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (openwall.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat194 products
  • compat-libpthread-nonshared< 0:2.28-251.el8_10.22
  • glibc< 0:2.17-326.el7_9.5 | < 0:2.17-292.el7_7.3 | < 0:2.34-168.el9_6.19 | < 0:2.28-251.el8_10.22 | < 0:2.34-100.el9_4.12
  • glibc-all-langpacks< 0:2.34-168.el9_6.19 | < 0:2.28-251.el8_10.22 | < 0:2.34-100.el9_4.12
  • glibc-all-langpacks-debuginfo< 0:2.28-251.el8_10.22
  • glibc-benchtests< 0:2.34-168.el9_6.19 | < 0:2.28-251.el8_10.22 | < 0:2.34-100.el9_4.12
Opensuse2 products
  • glibc&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.38-150600.14.32.1
  • kumactl&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.12.3-1.1
Debian1 product
  • glibc< 2.36-9+deb12u11 | < 2.39-4 | < 2.31-13+deb11u13
Gnu1 product
Mageia1 product
  • glibc< 2.36-56.mga9
Ubuntu1 product
  • glibc< 2.27-3ubuntu1.6+esm5 | < 2.31-0ubuntu9.18 | < 2.35-0ubuntu3.10

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