CVE-2025-32801 Loading a malicious hook library can lead to local privilege escalation

Kea configuration and API directives can be used to load a malicious hook library. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through...

CVE-2025-32801

Summary: CVE-2025-32801 affects Kea configurations that can load a malicious hook library via API directives, with root/context privilege. Affected versions: Kea 2.4.0–2.4.1, 2.6.0–2.6.2, and 2.7.0–2.7.8. Impact: local privilege escalation and high impact components (root may load arbitrary code)...