6.7Medium
Redhat Openshift Container Platform
CVE-2025-7519
A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly.
What this means for your business
- It affects Redhat Openshift Container Platform. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 9% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Redhat Openshift Container Platform, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.7 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Assigned by
- secalert@redhat.com
Dates
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-09-01
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Redhat Openshift Container Platform4.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.