Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package util-linux.src (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-UTILLINUXSRC-14925174
- published14 Jan 2026
- disclosed5 Dec 2025
Introduced: 5 Dec 2025
CVE-2025-14104 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream util-linux.src package and not the util-linux.src package as distributed by Centos.
A flaw was found in util-linux. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overread when processing 256-byte usernames, specifically within the setpwnam() function, affecting SUID (Set User ID) login-utils utilities writing to the password database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419369
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14104
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1696
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7180
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1852
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1913
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2563
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2737
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2800
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3406
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4943