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
2- aide/aidev5Range: >= 0.13, < 0.19.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- github.com/aide/aide/commit/54a6d0d9d5f14b81961d66373c0291bf4af4135amitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/aide/aide/releases/tag/v0.19.2mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/aide/aide/security/advisories/GHSA-79g7-f8rv-jcxhmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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