CVE-2025-23386 gerbera: Privilege escalation from user gerbera to root because of insecure %post script
A local attacker with gerbera user privileges can escalate to root due to insecure permissions in the package post-installation script.
- 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
What is CVE-2025-23386?
CVE-2025-23386 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed, published on 10 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the openSUSE Tumbleweed package gerbera allows the service user gerbera to escalate to root.,This issue affects gerbera on openSUSE Tumbleweed before 2.5.0-1.1.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23386?
Linux distribution packages (1)
gerbera openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2.5.0-1.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-23386?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-23386 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23386 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jrg3-gh37-h96x, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23386, openSUSE-SU-2025:14864-1.