Medium severity · published Aug 14, 2025
CVE-2025-54409
AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
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
0.13 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-2025-54409
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54409
Patch
https://github.com/aide/aide/commit/54a6d0d9d5f14b81961d66373c0291bf4af4135a
Release Notes
https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.2
Exploit
https://github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-79g7-f8rv-jcxh
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/14/8
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00011.html
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