CVE-2025-54389Improper Output Neutralization for Logs in Aide

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA6.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 14
Latest updateAug 19

Description

AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. Prior to version 0.19.2, there is an improper output neutralization vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can craft a malicious filename by including terminal escape sequences to hide the addition or removal of the file from the report and/or tamper with the log output. A local user might exploit this to bypass the AIDE detection of malicious files. Additionally the output of extended attribute key names and symbolic links targets are also not pr

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

CVEListV5aide/aide< 0.19.2
Debianaide/aide< 0.17.3-4+deb11u3+3
Ubuntuaide/aide< 0.17.4-1ubuntu0.2+5

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
AIDE improper output neutralization vulnerability2025-08-14
OSV
CVE-2025-54389: AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment2025-08-14
OSV
aide vulnerabilities2025-08-14

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
aide: improper output neutralization enables bypassing2025-08-14
Ubuntu
AIDE vulnerabilities2025-08-14
Microsoft
AIDE improper output neutralization vulnerability2025-08-12
Debian
CVE-2025-54389: aide - AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. Prior to version 0.19.2, th...2025

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-54389 aide: improper output neutralization enables bypassing [fedora-42]2025-08-19
CVE-2025-54389 — Aide vulnerability | cvebase