[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Multiple vulnerabilities
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux regarding the components 'tar' and 'Scrapy' to manipulate files and conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in 'tar' and 'Scrapy' can be exploited to manipulate files and conduct denial-of-service attacks.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the affected components are at risk.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for denial-of-service attacks.
- Action
- Apply available updates for the affected components.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0008
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.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-455820.43% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 35% of all scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-61760.51% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 40% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-45582 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2025-6176 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- unknownUSN-8510-1: tar vulnerabilityubuntu
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