CVE-2025-12801 (GCVE-0-2025-12801)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-04 15:25 – Updated: 2026-06-29 23:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Nfs-utils: rpc.mountd in the nfs-utils privilege escalation
Summary
A vulnerability was recently discovered in the rpc.mountd daemon in the nfs-utils package for Linux, that allows a NFSv3 client to escalate the
privileges assigned to it in the /etc/exports file at mount time. In particular, it allows the client to access any subdirectory or subtree of an exported directory, regardless of the set file permissions, and regardless of any 'root_squash' or 'all_squash' attributes that would normally be expected to apply to that client.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-279 - Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions
Assigner
References
12 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3938 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3939 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3940 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3941 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3942 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5127 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5606 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5867 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5873 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5877 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12801 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413081 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
12 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
Unaffected:
1:2.8.3-0.el10_1.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
1:2.3.3-68.el8_10 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
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(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
1:2.5.4-26.el9_4.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::crb cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
1:2.5.4-34.el9_6.3 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::baseos |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 |
Unaffected:
416.94.202603231244-0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 |
Unaffected:
417.94.202603242359-0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 |
Unaffected:
418.94.202603181125-0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 |
Unaffected:
4.19.9.6.202603251941-0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.19::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 |
Unaffected:
1774002867 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:ceph_storage:8::el9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 |
Date Public
2026-03-04 15:06
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