Red Hat Enterprise Linux (python-requests): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von Sicherheitsvorkehrungen
WID-SEC-2025-0003 · first 03.01.2025 · updated 16.10.2026 · CVSS 5,6
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im "python-requests" Paket von Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
Under what conditions?
Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- IBM Spectrum Protect Plus <10.1.17
- SUSE openSUSE
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.17
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0012 vom 2025-01-02 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-0012 vom 2025-01-03 linux.oracle.com
- IBM Security Bulletin 7230557 vom 2025-04-10 www.ibm.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS-2025-2845 vom 2025-04-30 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS-2025-2846 vom 2025-04-30 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:7049 vom 2025-05-13 access.redhat.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12038-1 vom 2026-10-15 lists.opensuse.org
CVE: CVE-2024-35195
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.