CVE-2025-32802Insecure handling of file paths allows multiple local attacks
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Kea configuration and API directives can be used to overwrite arbitrary files, subject to permissions granted to Kea. Many common configurations run Kea as root, leave the API entry points unsecured by default, and/or place the control sockets in insecure paths. This issue affects Kea versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.1, 2.6.0 through 2.6.2, and 2.7.0 through 2.7.8.
Timeline
ID reserved
By isc
- 48 days later
· 48 days later
Published
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| iscCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of Kea: 2.4.2, 2.6.3, or 2.7.9.
Workaround: Two mitigation approaches are possible: (1) Disable the API entirely, by (1a) disabling the `kea-ctrl-agent`, and (1b) removing any `"control-socket"` stanzas from the Kea configuration files; or (2) Secure access to the API by (2a) requiring authentication (a password or client certificate) for the `kea-ctrl-agent`, and (2b) configuring all `"control-socket"` stanzas to use a directory restricted to only trusted users.
Exploitation: We are not aware of any active exploits.
References
References1
- CVE-2025-32802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
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-2025-16205 (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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