CVE 8.8 HIGH

CVE-2025-45311_CVE-2025-45311

8.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Insecure permissions in fail2ban-client v0.11.2 allows attackers with limited sudo privileges to perform arbitrary operations as root. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple parties because the action for a triggered rule can legitimately be an arbitrary operation as root. Thus, the software is behaving in accordance with its intended privilege model.

AI Analysis

Insecure permissions allow attackers with limited sudo privileges to perform arbitrary operations as root

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-45311
Source mitre
Published Nov 26, 2025 at 00:00
Modified Nov 28, 2025 at 19:56

Affected Product

Vendor Fail2Ban
Product fail2ban-client
Version 0.11.2
Affected Versions n/a n/a n/a

CWE Classification

AI Assessment

AI Score 8.8 / 10
AI Severity High
Vendor Fail2Ban
Product fail2ban-client
Version 0.11.2

References

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