Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-4598

A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump.

Published May 30, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4598. EPSS is 1.23%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.23%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 patch: 8

A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process. A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run with the file owner's permissions, regardless of the user executing the binary. This allows the process to access more restricted data than unprivileged users or processes would be able to. An attacker

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  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 patch: 8patch: 8

How to fix CVE-2025-4598

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4598. EPSS is 1.23%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 patch: 8 patch: 8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 30, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process. A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run w

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process. A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run w

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4598

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-4598

    30-day exploitation probability 1.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16486

    A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, load

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.