CVE-2025-54409

6.2 MEDIUM
Published: August 14, 2025 Modified: November 04, 2025

Description

AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma. A local user might exploit this to cause a local denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.2
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes
https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-79g7-f8rv-jcxh
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/14/8
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-79g7-f8rv-jcxh
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.2 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
7th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

advanced_intrusion_detection_environment_project