Red Hat Enterprise Linux (socat): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von Dateien
WID-SEC-2025-1466 · first 07.07.2025 · updated 07.07.2026 · CVSS 5,3
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im "socat" Paket von Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren.
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
- Dateien zu manipulieren
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Fedora Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
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-2025:10353 vom 2025-07-07 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-10353 vom 2025-07-07 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:10544 vom 2025-07-08 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:10646 vom 2025-07-08 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:11042 vom 2025-07-15 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-11042 vom 2025-07-15 linux.oracle.com
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-0D54679581 vom 2025-08-06 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-4F0D6D3522 vom 2025-08-06 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2025-33885CFFF8 vom 2025-08-06 bodhi.fedoraproject.org
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2026-3303 vom 2026-05-26 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8511-1 vom 2026-07-06 ubuntu.com
CVE: CVE-2024-54661
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.