Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting afterburn package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.17% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-AFTERBURN-10313129
  • published6 Jun 2025
  • disclosed15 Jan 2025

Introduced: 15 Jan 2025

CVE-2025-5791  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 afterburn.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream afterburn package and not the afterburn package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the user's crate for Rust. This vulnerability allows privilege escalation via incorrect group listing when a user or process has fewer than exactly 1024 groups, leading to the erroneous inclusion of the root group in the access list.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1