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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-52555

🗓️ 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Unpatched Ceph CVE-2025-52555 allows root access via chmod 777 on root CephFS directory.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(244949);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/06/03");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-52555");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-52555");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform. In versions 17.2.7, 18.2.1 through 18.2.4,
    and 19.0.0 through 19.2.2, an unprivileged user can escalate to root privileges in a ceph-fuse mounted
    CephFS by chmod 777 a directory owned by root to gain access. The result of this is that a user could
    read, write and execute to any directory owned by root as long as they chmod 777 it. This impacts
    confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is patched in versions 17.2.8, 18.2.5, and 19.2.3.
    (CVE-2025-52555)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-52555");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-52555");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-52555");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ceph");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcephfs-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcephfs2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librados2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libradospp-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libradosstriper-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libradosstriper1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:librbd1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcephfs-devel");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librados2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libradospp-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libradosstriper-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libradosstriper1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librbd-devel");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-14.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-16.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-18.04", "Host/OS/Ubuntu Linux-20.04");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ceph"},
          {"reference": "ceph-common"},
          {"reference": "ceph-common-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fs-common"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fs-common-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fuse"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fuse-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mds"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mds-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-resource-agents"},
          {"reference": "ceph-test"},
          {"reference": "ceph-test-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-java"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-jni"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-jni-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs1"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs1-dbg"},
          {"reference": "librados-dev"},
          {"reference": "librados2"},
          {"reference": "librados2-dbg"},
          {"reference": "librbd-dev"},
          {"reference": "librbd1"},
          {"reference": "librbd1-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-ceph"},
          {"reference": "radosgw"},
          {"reference": "radosgw-dbg"},
          {"reference": "rbd-fuse"},
          {"reference": "rbd-fuse-dbg"},
          {"reference": "rest-bench"},
          {"reference": "rest-bench-dbg"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ceph"},
          {"reference": "ceph-common"},
          {"reference": "ceph-common-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fs-common"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fs-common-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fuse"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fuse-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mds"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mds-dbg"},
          {"reference": "ceph-resource-agents"},
          {"reference": "ceph-test"},
          {"reference": "ceph-test-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-java"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-jni"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-jni-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs1"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs1-dbg"},
          {"reference": "librados-dev"},
          {"reference": "librados2"},
          {"reference": "librados2-dbg"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper-dev"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper1"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper1-dbg"},
          {"reference": "librbd-dev"},
          {"reference": "librbd1"},
          {"reference": "librbd1-dbg"},
          {"reference": "librgw-dev"},
          {"reference": "librgw2"},
          {"reference": "librgw2-dbg"},
          {"reference": "python-ceph"},
          {"reference": "python-cephfs"},
          {"reference": "python-rados"},
          {"reference": "python-rbd"},
          {"reference": "radosgw"},
          {"reference": "radosgw-dbg"},
          {"reference": "rbd-fuse"},
          {"reference": "rbd-fuse-dbg"},
          {"reference": "rbd-mirror"},
          {"reference": "rbd-mirror-dbg"},
          {"reference": "rbd-nbd"},
          {"reference": "rbd-nbd-dbg"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ceph"},
          {"reference": "ceph-base"},
          {"reference": "ceph-common"},
          {"reference": "ceph-fuse"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mds"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mgr"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mon"},
          {"reference": "ceph-osd"},
          {"reference": "ceph-resource-agents"},
          {"reference": "ceph-test"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-java"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs-jni"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs2"},
          {"reference": "librados-dev"},
          {"reference": "librados2"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper-dev"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper1"},
          {"reference": "librbd-dev"},
          {"reference": "librbd1"},
          {"reference": "librgw-dev"},
          {"reference": "librgw2"},
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          {"reference": "python-cephfs"},
          {"reference": "python-rados"},
          {"reference": "python-rbd"},
          {"reference": "python-rgw"},
          {"reference": "python3-ceph-argparse"},
          {"reference": "python3-cephfs"},
          {"reference": "python3-rados"},
          {"reference": "python3-rbd"},
          {"reference": "python3-rgw"},
          {"reference": "rados-objclass-dev"},
          {"reference": "radosgw"},
          {"reference": "rbd-fuse"},
          {"reference": "rbd-mirror"},
          {"reference": "rbd-nbd"}
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    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "ceph"},
          {"reference": "ceph-base"},
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          {"reference": "ceph-immutable-object-cache"},
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          {"reference": "ceph-mgr-dashboard"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mgr-diskprediction-cloud"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mgr-k8sevents"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mgr-modules-core"},
          {"reference": "ceph-mgr-rook"},
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          {"reference": "ceph-osd"},
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          {"reference": "cephfs-shell"},
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          {"reference": "librbd-dev"},
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          {"reference": "radosgw"},
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          {"reference": "rbd-mirror"},
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "librados-devel"},
          {"reference": "librados2"},
          {"reference": "libradospp-devel"},
          {"reference": "librbd-devel"},
          {"reference": "librbd1"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "9",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "librados-devel"},
          {"reference": "librados2"},
          {"reference": "libradospp-devel"},
          {"reference": "librbd-devel"},
          {"reference": "librbd1"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libcephfs-devel"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs2"},
          {"reference": "librados-devel"},
          {"reference": "librados2"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper-devel"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper1"},
          {"reference": "librbd-devel"},
          {"reference": "librbd1"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libcephfs-devel"},
          {"reference": "libcephfs2"},
          {"reference": "librados-devel"},
          {"reference": "librados2"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper-devel"},
          {"reference": "libradosstriper1"},
          {"reference": "librbd-devel"},
          {"reference": "librbd1"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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03 Jun 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.00166
SSVC
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