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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2025-32801 json

Loading a malicious hook library can lead to local privilege escalation

published 2025-05-28 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16210

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Kea configuration and API directives can be used to load a malicious hook library. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. 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.

Patch / fix

  • ics kea 2.4.2, 2.6.3, 2.7.9
  • isc kea 2.4.2, 2.6.3, 2.7.9
  • isc-kea Debian 14, Debian 13 2.6.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32801

  • kea RHEL 10.0 2.6.3-1.el10_0
  • kea-libs RHEL 10.0 2.6.3-1.el10_0
  • kea-hooks RHEL 10.0 2.6.3-1.el10_0
  • kea-keama RHEL 10.0 2.6.3-1.el10_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:9178

  • kea SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, openSUSE Leap 15.6 2.6.3-150600.13.6.1
  • kea SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 2.6.3-150700.3.3.5

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1091-1SUSE-SU-2026:0907-1

  • kea openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15181-1

  • kea Rocky Linux 10 2.6.3-1.el10_0

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:9178

  • kea Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 2.6.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-32801

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2025-32801 updated cvss 7.8

kea: Loading a malicious hook library can lead to local privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) kea-hooks 2.6.3-1.el10_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kea 2.6.3-1.el10_0, kea-libs 2.6.3-1.el10_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) kea-keama 2.6.3-1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9178

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 SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • ISC Kea

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.