Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting rhcos package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RHCOS-10121654
  • published13 May 2025
  • disclosed12 May 2025

Introduced: 12 May 2025

CVE-2025-22247  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 rhcos.

NVD Description

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

VMware Tools contains an insecure file handling vulnerability. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may tamper the local files to trigger insecure file operations within that VM.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1