RCE in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CVE-2025-12744
A flaw was found in the ABRT daemon’s handling of user-supplied mount information.ABRT copies up to 12 characters from an untrusted input and places them directly into a shell command (docker inspect %s) without proper validation. An unprivileged local user can craft a payload that injects shell metacharacters, causing the root-running ABRT process to execute attacker-controlled commands and ultimately gain full root privileges.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
- patrick@puiterwijk.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-12744?
- CVE-2025-12744 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-12-03.
- How severe is CVE-2025-12744?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-12744 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.