CVE-2025-128016.5MediumCWE-279

CVE-2025-12801: Nfs-utils: rpc.mountd in the nfs-utils privilege escalation

Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Vendor fix available · Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

44th percentile

050100

Higher than 44% of scored CVEs

6.5MediumCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was recently discovered in the rpc.mountd daemon in the nfs-utils package for Linux, that allows a NFSv3 client to escalate the privileges assigned to it in the /etc/exports file at mount time. In particular, it allows the client to access any subdirectory or subtree of an exported directory, regardless of the set file permissions, and regardless of any 'root_squash' or 'all_squash' attributes that would normally be expected to apply to that client.

Affected products15

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportVersions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportVersions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Ceph Storage 8Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Versions not stated
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Versions not stated

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions · Access Control
Vendor: Red Hat
Published: March 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), March 2026

CoverageNo articles yet

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