CVE record · CVE-2025-5278

Coreutils: heap buffer under-read in gnu coreutils sort via key specification

CVSS 4.4 MediumEPSS 0.0031 · 23rd percentile

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	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given Package name: coreutils https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/	affected 7.2 to before 9.8 semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: coreutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:9.5-8.el10_2 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: coreutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:8.30-21.el8_10 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: coreutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:8.32-41.el9_8 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 Package name: cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791371080 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 Package name: cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791371069 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 Package name: cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791788287 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 Package name: cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791970484 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 Package name: cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791459707 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 Package name: cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791459711 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 Package name: cert-manager/cert-manager-istio-csr-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791459759 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 Package name: cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1789029076 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 Package name: cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1791966259 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 Package name: cert-manager/cert-manager-trust-manager-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1790598593 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Cost Management 4 Package name: costmanagement/costmanagement-metrics-rhel9-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1783539156 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Discovery 2 Package name: discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782756541 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Discovery 2 Package name: discovery/discovery-server-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1784821670 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 Package name: insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782890503 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/tempo-gateway-opa-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782501180 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/tempo-gateway-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782501200 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/tempo-jaeger-query-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782498923 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/tempo-operator-bundle https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782510941 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/tempo-query-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782501220 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/tempo-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782501196 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/tempo-rhel9-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1782501195 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/opentelemetry-collector-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1785704636 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.1 Package name: rhosdt/opentelemetry-rhel9-operator https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1785704547 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/cds-kubernetes-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1784794818 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/cds-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1784794778 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/haproxy-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1784795112 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/installer-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1784794289 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/rhua-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1784795076 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/cds-kubernetes-tp-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1787241211 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/installer-tp-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1787135742 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Package name: rhui5/rhua-tp-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1787241260 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: coreutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: coreutils https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) Package name: rhoai/odh-llama-stack-k8s-operator-rhel9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
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
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2025-5278
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-121
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17
Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20
Red Hat Cost Management 4
Red Hat Discovery 2
Memory corruption
Published: 27 May 2025
Updated: 6 Nov 2026

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

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

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0031, the 23rd percentile, on 5 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
27 May 2025, 21:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28911 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33124 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33313 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33612 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34102 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39981 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44481 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46836 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50205 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69964 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764 issue-trackingredhat
cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507

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