Systemd-coredump: race condition that allows a local attacker to crash a suid program and gain read access to the resulting core dump — CVE-2025-4598

Summary

Advisory CVE-2025-4598. Systemd-coredump: race condition that allows a local attacker to crash a suid program and gain read access to the resulting core dump Vendor: Microsoft. Source: MSRC. Threat: medium. CVSS 4.7. See the official…

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

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