CVE-2025-54389
Prior to version 0.19.2, there is an improper output neutralization vulnerability in AIDE.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. Prior to version 0.19.2, there is an improper output neutralization vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can craft a malicious filename by including terminal escape sequences to hide the addition or removal of the file from the report and/or tamper with the log output. A local user might exploit this to bypass the AIDE detection of malicious files. Additionally the output of extended attribute key names and symbolic links targets are also not properly neutralized. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves configuring AIDE to write the report output to a regular file, redirecting stdout to a regular file, or redirecting the log output written to stderr to a regular file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 16th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-117
- Affected
- advanced intrusion detection environment project/advanced intrusion detection environment
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/aide/aide/commit/64c8f32b0349c33fb8382784af468338078851f9Patch
- https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.2Release Notes
- https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-522j-vvx9-gg28Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/14/7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00011.html
- https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-522j-vvx9-gg28Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.