🛡️ OESA-2025-1243 — libcap (CVE-2025-1390)
Description
libcap security update
This is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.
Security Fix(es):
The PAM module pam_cap.so of libcap configuration supports group names starting with “@”, during actual parsing, configurations not starting with “@” are incorrectly recognized as group names. This may result in nonintended users being granted an inherited capability set, potentially leading to security risks. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to achieve local privilege escalation on systems where /etc/security/capability.conf is used to configure user inherited privileges by constructing specific usernames.(CVE-2025-1390)
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity high, availability none.
Affected software
OESA-2025-1243 is recorded against 1 package.
- libcap (fixed in 2.61-8.oe2203sp4)
Timeline and source
Published on 7 March 2025 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| libcap | — | 2.61-8.oe2203sp4 |
References
Similar Threats
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- Unknown ALSA-2026:13285
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