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CVE-2025-4802
Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library...
Vulnerability Description
Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
The GNU C Library
View all reports →Affected Software
glibc
Vulnerable Versions:
2.27
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 16th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 26th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available