# Coreutils: heap buffer under-read in gnu coreutils sort via key specification CVE record · `CVE-2025-5278` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-5278` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 4.4 Medium - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** redhat - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-121](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html) - **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md) - **Technologies:** [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9.md) · [Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/cert-manager-support-for-red-hat-openshift-release-1-17.md) · [Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/cert-manager-support-for-red-hat-openshift-release-1-18.md) · [Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/cert-manager-support-for-red-hat-openshift-release-1-20.md) · [Red Hat Cost Management 4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-cost-management-4.md) · [Red Hat Discovery 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-discovery-2.md) · [Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-insights-proxy-1-5.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-distributed-tracing-3-10-1.md) · [Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-update-infrastructure-5.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-7.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-ai-rhoai.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-container-platform-4.md) - **Published:** 27 May 2025 - **Updated:** 6 Nov 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 27 May 2025, 20:52 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: Not given. Product: Not given. - affected: `7.2 to before 9.8` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Package name: `coreutils` - Collection: `https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. - unaffected: `0:9.5-8.el10_2 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `coreutils` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. - unaffected: `0:8.30-21.el8_10 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `coreutils` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. - unaffected: `0:8.32-41.el9_8 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `coreutils` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17. - unaffected: `1791371080 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17. - unaffected: `1791371069 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17. - unaffected: `1791788287 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17. - unaffected: `1791970484 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18. - unaffected: `1791459707 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18. - unaffected: `1791459711 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18. - unaffected: `1791459759 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-istio-csr-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18. - unaffected: `1789029076 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18. - unaffected: `1791966259 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20. - unaffected: `1790598593 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-trust-manager-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cost Management 4. - unaffected: `1783539156 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `costmanagement/costmanagement-metrics-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Discovery 2. - unaffected: `1782756541 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Discovery 2. - unaffected: `1784821670 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `discovery/discovery-server-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5. - unaffected: `1782890503 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1782501180 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/tempo-gateway-opa-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1782501200 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/tempo-gateway-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1782498923 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/tempo-jaeger-query-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1782510941 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/tempo-operator-bundle` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1782501220 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/tempo-query-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1782501196 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/tempo-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1782501195 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/tempo-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1785704636 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/opentelemetry-collector-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1. - unaffected: `1785704547 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhosdt/opentelemetry-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1784794818 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/cds-kubernetes-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1784794778 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/cds-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1784795112 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/haproxy-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1784794289 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/installer-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1784795076 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/rhua-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1787241211 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/cds-kubernetes-tp-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1787135742 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/installer-tp-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5. - unaffected: `1787241260 to before *` (rpm) - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhui5/rhua-tp-rhel9` - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. - No versions given - Other versions: unknown - Package name: `coreutils` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. - No versions given - Other versions: unknown - Package name: `coreutils` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI). - No versions given - Other versions: unaffected - Package name: `rhoai/odh-llama-stack-k8s-operator-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter. ## Severity and exploitation - 4.4 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L`, from CNA (redhat) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.0031, the 23rd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline - 27 May 2025, 20:52 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5278) - 27 May 2025, 21:15 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5278) ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2025-5278](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5278) - [NVD: CVE-2025-5278](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5278) ### References from the CNA - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vendor-advisory, redhat) - (vdb-entry, redhat) - (issue-tracking, redhat) - - Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .