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CVE-2025-4802

Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).

Severity
High 7.8
Published
16 May 2025
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
GNU C LibraryServers and applications · cpe:a:gnu:glibc
  • From 2.27 up to 2.38

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4802
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4802