{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32801","details":"Kea configuration and API directives can be used to load a malicious hook library.  Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.","modified":"2026-06-08T18:54:14.159150042Z","published":"2025-05-28T00:00:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-32801"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-32801"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32801"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/28/7"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/28/8"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"isc-kea","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/isc-kea?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.2.1-3","2.4.0-1","2.4.1-1","2.4.1-2build1","2.4.1-3build1","2.4.1-3build3","2.4.1-3build3.1","2.4.1-3ubuntu0.1","2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"kea"},{"binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"kea-admin"},{"binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"kea-common"},{"binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"kea-ctrl-agent"},{"binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"kea-dhcp-ddns-server"},{"binary_name":"kea-dhcp4-server","binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"kea-dhcp6-server"},{"binary_version":"2.4.1-3ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"python3-kea-connector"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-32801.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}