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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (nodejs, perl): Mehrere Schwachstellen

WID-SEC-2025-1646 · first 28.07.2025 · updated 28.09.2026 · CVSS 7,7

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What it is about

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein lokaler oder entfernter authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen oder andere nicht spezifizierte Effekte zu verursachen.

Under what conditions?

Over the network.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • beliebigen Code auszuführen oder andere nicht spezifizierte Effekte zu verursachen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • IBM QRadar SIEM
  • NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
  • IBM App Connect Enterprise
  • IBM MQ Operator
  • Dell Avamar
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
  • IBM MQ Container

and 8 more

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • cPanel cPanel/WHM 132.0.0
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.27
  • Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance 5.32.00.18
  • Dell NetWorker 19.12.0.4
  • Dell NetWorker 19.13.0.2

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

and 49 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2025-40909, CVE-2025-6965

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.

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