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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2025· Updated Nov 4, 2025

AIDE null pointer dereference when reading incorrectly encoded xattr attributes from database (local DoS)

CVE-2025-54409

Description

AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. From versions 0.13 to 0.19.1, there is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can crash the program during report printing or database listing after setting extended file attributes with an empty attribute value or with a key containing a comma. A local user might exploit this to cause a local denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves removing xattrs group from rules matching files on affected file systems.

Affected products

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  • AIDE/AIDEllm-create
    Range: >=0.13, <0.19.2
  • aide/aidev5
    Range: >= 0.13, < 0.19.2

Patches

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No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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