Red Hat Enterprise Linux (git-lfs): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von Benutzerrechten
WID-SEC-2025-0186 · first 24.01.2025 · updated 27.01.2026 · CVSS 8,1
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux bezüglich git-lfs ausnutzen, um Benutzerrechte zu erlangen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- Benutzerrechte zu erlangen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Debian Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- Oracle Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform <4.17.15
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform <4.12.72
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform <4.15.45
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.15
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.72
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.45
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-2025:0673 vom 2025-01-23 access.redhat.com
- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5849 vom 2025-01-24 lists.debian.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-0673 vom 2025-01-24 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0757 vom 2025-01-28 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0759 vom 2025-01-28 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0758 vom 2025-01-28 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0762 vom 2025-01-28 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0765 vom 2025-01-28 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0825 vom 2025-01-30 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0845 vom 2025-01-30 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0876 vom 2025-02-05 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:0832 vom 2025-02-06 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:1128 vom 2025-02-12 access.redhat.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:0845 vom 2025-02-13 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:0673 vom 2025-02-13 errata.build.resf.org
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2025:0153-1 vom 2025-05-12 lists.opensuse.org
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7977-1 vom 2026-01-26 ubuntu.com
CVE: CVE-2024-53263
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.