CVE-2025-3155Yelp: arbitrary file read
- 7.4HighCVSS base score
- 13.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A flaw was found in Yelp. The Gnome user help application allows the help document to execute arbitrary scripts. This vulnerability allows malicious users to input help documents, which may exfiltrate user files to an external environment.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.1% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Affected products
yelp
- affected < 42.2-8
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_10.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 0:3.28.0-2.el8_10.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_2.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 2:3.28.1-3.el8_8.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 2:40.3-2.el9_6.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 2:40.3-2.el9_0.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 2:40.3-2.el9_2.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 2:40.3-2.el9_4.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: affected
What to do
Workaround: Currently, no mitigation is available for this vulnerability.
References
References16
- RHSA-2025:4450 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:4451 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:4455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:4456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:4457 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:4505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:4532 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:7430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:7569 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3155 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2357091 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/issues/221 (opens in a new tab)
- https://gist.github.com/parrot409/e970b155358d45b298d7024edd9b17f2 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/04/1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00036.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00037.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-9635 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-3155)Record last updated .