🛡️ CVE-2025-0781 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 8.6 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-863 NVD
8.6
CVSS Score
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Description

An attacker can bypass the sandboxing of Nasal scripts and arbitrarily write to any file path that the user has permission to modify at the operating-system level.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-0781 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.

Affected software

CVE-2025-0781 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • simgear (fixed in 2020.3.19)

Timeline and source

Published on 28 January 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

gitlab.com
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lists.debian.org
lists.debian.org

CVE-2025-0781 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-863
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-01-28
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
simgear 2020.3.19

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