What is CVE-2025-2312?

CVE-2025-2312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cifs-Utils, classified under CWE-488. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2025-2312?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-2312 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Cifs-Utils

CVE-2025-2312

A flaw was found in cifs-utils. When trying to obtain Kerberos credentials, the cifs.upcall program from the cifs-utils package makes an upcall to the wrong namespace in containerized environments. This issue may lead to disclosing sensitive data from the host's Kerberos credentials cache.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Cifs-utils — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-488

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

74b3a70d-cca6-4d34-9789-e83b222ae3be (patch)
74b3a70d-cca6-4d34-9789-e83b222ae3be (patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2312?: CVE-2025-2312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cifs-Utils, classified under CWE-488. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2025-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-2312?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-2312 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.