CVE-2025-15281 Affecting glibc-utils package, versions <0:2.28-251.0.4.el8_10.31


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-GLIBCUTILS-15758121
  • published23 Mar 2026
  • disclosed20 Jan 2026

Introduced: 20 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-15281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 glibc-utils to version 0:2.28-251.0.4.el8_10.31 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-4772.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-utils package and not the glibc-utils package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Calling wordexp with WRDE_REUSE in conjunction with WRDE_APPEND in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.42 may cause the interface to return uninitialized memory in the we_wordv member, which on subsequent calls to wordfree may abort the process.

CVSS Base Scores

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