CVE-2025-54409
From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma. A local user might exploit this to cause a local denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- advanced intrusion detection environment project/advanced intrusion detection environment
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/aide/aide/commit/54a6d0d9d5f14b81961d66373c0291bf4af4135aPatch
- https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.2Release Notes
- https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-79g7-f8rv-jcxhExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/14/8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00011.html
- https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-79g7-f8rv-jcxhExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.