CVE record · CVE-2025-12801

Nfs-utils: rpc.mountd in the nfs-utils privilege escalation

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.0051 · 43rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 4 Mar 2026, 15:25 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.8.3-0.el10_1.3 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.3.3-68.el8_10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.5.4-38.el9_7.3 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.5.4-38.el9_7.3 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.5.4-26.el9_4.3 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.5.4-34.el9_6.3 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 416.94.202603231244-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 417.94.202603242359-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 418.94.202603181125-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 4.19.9.6.202603251941-0 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 Package name: rhceph/rhceph-8-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1774002867 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: nfs-utils-lib https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: nfs-utils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2025-12801
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-279
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
CWE-279
Published: 4 Mar 2026
Updated: 5 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
6.5	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0051, the 43rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

4 Mar 2026, 15:25 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
4 Mar 2026, 16:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3938 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3939 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3940 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3941 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3942 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5127 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5606 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5867 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5873 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5877 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12801 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413081 issue-trackingredhat

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