CVE-2025-45311 (GCVE-0-2025-45311)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 16:05 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Insecure permissions in fail2ban-client v0.11.2 allows attackers with limited sudo privileges to perform arbitrary operations as root. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because the action for a triggered rule can legitimately be an arbitrary operation as root. Thus, the software is behaving in accordance with its intended privilege model.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-28 19:53 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
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