[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (389-ds-base): Vulnerability allows code execution and potentially Denial of Service

mediumCVE-2025-14905

A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux to execute arbitrary program code, and potentially to carry out a Denial of Service attack.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Red Hat product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (389-ds-base)Remote code execution Denial of service

What: A vulnerability allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary program code and potentially carry out a Denial of Service attack.
Who is affected: Deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (389-ds-base) are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency as exploitation is possible but not currently active.
Action: Update to the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (389-ds-base).

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-09
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0494

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Moderate exploitation riskCVE-2025-149051.0% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 60% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-14905	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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