CVE-2025-5278
coreutilsVulnerabilityCVSS 4.4Patched
No public exploitation has been reported so far. A fixed version is available (see the table below).
Recommended action: Update to the fixed version listed for your distribution using the native package manager.
Severity metrics
CVSS 3.1 : 4.4 MEDIUM
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactLow
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Affected & fixed versions by distribution
Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.
| Distribution | Package | Affected | Fixed version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch | coreutils | 9.7-1 | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Debian:11 | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Debian:12 | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Debian:13 | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Debian:14 | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | coreutils | - | - | affected (no fix yet) |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | coreutils | - | 8.25-13.19.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | coreutils | - | 8.25-13.19.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150300.3.11.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150300.3.11.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150300.3.11.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150300.3.11.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150300.3.11.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150300.3.11.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | coreutils | - | 8.32-150400.9.9.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Micro 6.0 | coreutils | - | 9.4-5.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1 | coreutils | - | 9.4-slfo.1.1_2.1 | fixed |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | coreutils | - | 9.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | coreutils | - | 0:8.32-41.el9_8 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2 | coreutils | - | 0:9.5-8.el10_2 | fixed |