🛡️ CVE-2025-69649 on Alpine 3.23 (Root.io) — binutils

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-69649 as tracked by Alpine 3.23 (Root.io), for the package binutils. The fix is available in version 2.45.1-r00072; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2025-69649 is classified as CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. A pointer that can be null is used without a check, crashing the process.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2025-69649 is recorded against 2 packages.

• binutils (fixed in 2.45.1-r00072)
• rootio-binutils (fixed in 2.45.1-r00072)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

binutils has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-1180 (2.0 Low, published 20 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-1180 (2.0 Low, published 12 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2025-69649 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-6846 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2025-5245 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-3442 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2025-5244 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-3441 (2.0 Low, published 7 Aug 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference) in other software:

• CVE-2023-25674 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36014 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36013 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25670 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25665 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-36000 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-35965 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25660 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)

CVE-2025-69649 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

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