CVE-2025-9912 A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Nokia SR Linux
An authenticated user can execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges on Nokia SR Linux network devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9912?
CVE-2025-9912 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nokia SR Linux, published on 16 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Nokia SR Linux is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privilege.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9912?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9912?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9912 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-9912 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9912 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qpm5-pwpp-hh9x.