# CVE-2025-12744: Abrt: command-injection in abrt leading to local privilege escalation > An unprivileged local user can inject shell commands into the ABRT daemon to execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges. - **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 3 Dec 2025 - **Updated:** 3 Dec 2025 - **Also known as:** ALSA-2025:22760, GHSA-vwhf-x6j3-3qfg, RHSA-2025:22760, RHSA-2025:23030, RHSA-2025:23031, RHSA-2025:23032, RHSA-2025:23033, RLSA-2025:22760 ## What is CVE-2025-12744? CVE-2025-12744 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, published on 3 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description A flaw was found in the ABRT daemon’s handling of user-supplied mount information.ABRT copies up to 12 characters from an untrusted input and places them directly into a shell command (docker inspect %s) without proper validation. An unprivileged local user can craft a payload that injects shell metacharacters, causing the root-running ABRT process to execute attacker-controlled commands and ultimately gain full root privileges. Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12744? | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `abrt` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-addon-ccpp` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-addon-coredump-helper` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-addon-kerneloops` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-addon-pstoreoops` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-addon-vmcore` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-addon-xorg` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-cli` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-cli-ng` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-console-notification` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-dbus` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-desktop` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-gui` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-gui-libs` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-libs` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-plugin-machine-id` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-plugin-sosreport` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt-tui` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `python3-abrt` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `python3-abrt-addon` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `python3-abrt-container-addon` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `python3-abrt-doc` | AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.10.9-25.el8_10.alma.1 | | `abrt` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-ccpp` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-ccpp-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-coredump-helper` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-coredump-helper-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-kerneloops` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-kerneloops-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-pstoreoops` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-pstoreoops-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-upload-watch-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-vmcore` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-xorg` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-addon-xorg-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-atomic-debuginfo` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-cli` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-cli-ng` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-console-notification` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | | `abrt-dbus` | Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.10.9-25.el8_10 | ## How do I fix CVE-2025-12744? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2025-12744 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12744 in the wild and no public exploit code. Public exploit code: - Privilege escalation in Fedora Linux via ABRT (Automatic Bug Reporting Tool): CVE-2025-12744 (github_poc): https://github.com/initstring/abrt_root - Fedora - Local Privilege Escalation (exploitdb) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12744 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2025-12744 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, published on 3 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12744 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12744/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12744/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12744 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12744 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12744 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12744/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.