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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2025-1390 json

pam_cap: Fix potential configuration parsing error

published 2025-02-18 20 mo ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also EUVD-2025-4857

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The PAM module pam_cap.so of libcap configuration supports group names starting with “@”, during actual parsing, configurations not starting with “@” are incorrectly recognized as group names. This may result in nonintended users being granted an inherited capability set, potentially leading to security risks. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to achieve local privilege escalation on systems where /etc/security/capability.conf is used to configure user inherited privileges by constructing specific usernames.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24V DC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) V3.3
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • libcap2 Debian 12 1:2.66-4+deb12u1
  • libcap2 Debian 14, Debian 13 1:2.73-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1390

  • libcap2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:2.32-1ubuntu0.2
  • libcap2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:2.44-1ubuntu0.22.04.2
  • libcap2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1:2.66-5ubuntu2.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1390

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libcap CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.60-3
  • libcap Azure Linux 3.0 2.69-2

azure linux advisories AZL-56916AZL-57034

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-1390 updated cvss 6.1

libcap: pam_cap: Fix potential configuration parsing error

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libcap, compat-libcap1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libcap, compat-libcap1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libcap Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libcap Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libcap Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-26-043-06 updated cvss 6.1

Siemens SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) < 3.3
    affected: fixed in V3.3 support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family < 3.3
    affected: fixed in V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) < 3.3
    +8 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) (6GK5334-5TS01-4AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24V DC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) (6GK5334-5TS01-2AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) (6GK5334-5TS01-3AR3) < 3.3
    affected: fixed in V3.3 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • OpenAnolis Anolis OS
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM324
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM328
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM332
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24V DC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+)
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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