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CVE-2025-71191
medium
CVSS 5.5
Vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-71191)
Summary
vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-71191). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-71191** has been found in linux.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux CVE-2025-71191" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-71191 (linux) — CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in linux.
📍 Affected scope
linux — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'linux' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'linux' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `linux` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b2d7f530b83cb149dbf0e48f95ccadb2d90da9
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d964cde422dc66fea514b7ab24aa729df7081d
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c67b4f45c8540ee4e62e24ca4608c6a9a81ee0f
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a86cf2c09e149d5718a5b7090545f7566da9334
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/987c71671367f42460689b78244d7b894c50999a
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9074b2d7a230b6e28caa23165e9d8bc0677d333
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3c23b7e941349505c3d40de2cc0acd93d9ac057
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71191
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4c95-wpmq-cc75