Medium severity · published Aug 14, 2025
CVE-2025-54389
AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment · Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment Project
before 0.19.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
AI
Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment Project
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54389
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54389
Patch
https://github.com/aide/aide/commit/64c8f32b0349c33fb8382784af468338078851f9
Release Notes
https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.2
Exploit
https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-522j-vvx9-gg28
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/14/7
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00011.html
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