Red Hat Enterprise Linux (FreeIPA): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von Administratorrechten
WID-SEC-2025-2164 · first 01.10.2025 · updated 18.03.2026 · CVSS 9,1
What it is about
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. Ein lokaler oder entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network, but only with valid access (login required), for example with stolen credentials or as an insider.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- Administratorrechte zu erlangen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Oracle Linux
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux SAP Solutions 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux SAP Solutions 9.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4
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-2025:17084 vom 2025-09-30 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17085 vom 2025-09-30 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17086 vom 2025-09-30 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17087 vom 2025-09-30 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17088 vom 2025-09-30 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17129 vom 2025-10-01 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-17129 vom 2025-10-01 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-17084 vom 2025-10-01 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-17085 vom 2025-10-03 linux.oracle.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2025-3026 vom 2025-10-07 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:17085 vom 2025-10-07 errata.build.resf.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17647 vom 2025-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17648 vom 2025-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17645 vom 2025-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17649 vom 2025-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:17646 vom 2025-10-09 access.redhat.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:17084 vom 2025-10-10 errata.build.resf.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:20994 vom 2025-11-11 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-17649 vom 2025-11-12 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2025:20928 vom 2025-11-11 access.redhat.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:20928 vom 2025-11-21 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:20994 vom 2025-11-21 errata.build.resf.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-20928 vom 2025-11-26 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-20994 vom 2025-12-03 linux.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2025:17129 vom 2026-03-18 errata.build.resf.org
CVE: CVE-2025-7493
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.