CVE-2025-32801 Loading a malicious hook library can lead to local privilege escalation
Attackers can load malicious hook libraries via Kea API to achieve local privilege escalation, particularly when running as root with unsecured APIs.
- 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-2025-32801?
CVE-2025-32801 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in ISC Kea, published on 28 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Kea configuration and API directives can be used to load a malicious hook library. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32801?
How do I fix CVE-2025-32801?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-32801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2025-32801, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-32801, GHSA-hv8v-455m-2grc, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32801.