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CVE-2025-32803 (GCVE-0-2025-32803)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-28 17:08 – Updated: 2025-05-28 17:28
VLAI
Title
Insecure file permissions can result in confidential information leakage
Summary
In some cases, Kea log files or lease files may be world-readable. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-28 17:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-32803 vendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ISC Kea Affected: 2.4.0 , ≤ 2.4.1 (custom)
Affected: 2.6.0 , ≤ 2.6.2 (custom)
Affected: 2.7.0 , ≤ 2.7.8 (custom)
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Date Public
2025-05-28 00:00
Credits
ISC would like to thank Matthias Gerstner from the SUSE security team for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
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