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CVE-2025-69257VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-69257: AsfhtgkDavid theshit · Improper Privilege Management

Affects AsfhtgkDavid theshitSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.7 Medium : upgrade to 0.1.1 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.1.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Dec 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade asfhtgkdavid/theshit to 0.1.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubasfhtgkdavid/theshitpkg:github/asfhtgkdavid/theshitOther threatsAffected
  • <0.1.1
Fixed in
  • 0.1.1

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AI-suggested

1. Upgrade 'theshit' to version 0.1.1 or later immediately to apply the official patch enforcing strict ownership and permission checks. 2. Until upgrading, avoid running 'theshit' with sudo or as root. 3. Ensure that all directories and files containing custom rules and configuration files (e.g., '~/.config/theshit/') are owned by root and are not writable by non-root users. 4. Audit existing custom rules and configuration files for unauthorized or suspicious modifications before executing the tool with elevated privileges. 5. Review sudoers configurations to eliminate passwordless sudo permissions for 'theshit' or restrict its execution to trusted users only. 6. Implement monitoring and alerting for unexpected executions of 'theshit' with elevated privileges and for changes to its configuration files. 7. Educate users and administrators about the risks of running this utility with elevated privileges and enforce the principle of least privilege in operational procedures.

Description

theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.1.1, the application loads custom Python rules and configuration files from user-writable locations (e.g., `~/.config/theshit/`) without validating ownership or permissions when executed with elevated privileges. If the tool is invoked with `sudo` or otherwise runs with an effective UID of root, it continues to trust configuration files originating from the unprivileged user's environment. This allows a local attacker to inject arbitrary Python code via a malicious rule or configuration file, which is then executed with root privileges. Any system where this tool is executed with elevated privileges is affected. In environments where the tool is permitted to run via `sudo` without a password (`NOPASSWD`), a local unprivileged user can escalate privileges to root without additional interaction. The issue has been fixed in version 0.1.1. The patch introduces strict ownership and permission checks for all configuration files and custom rules. The application now enforces that rules are only loaded if they are owned by the effective user executing the tool. When executed with elevated privileges (`EUID=0`), the application refuses to load any files that are not owned by root or that are writable by non-root users. When executed as a non-root user, it similarly refuses to load rules owned by other users. This prevents both vertical and horizontal privilege escalation via execution of untrusted code. If upgrading is not possible, users should avoid executing the application with `sudo` or as the root user. As a temporary mitigation, ensure that directories containing custom rules and configuration files are owned by root and are not writable by non-root users. Administrators may also audit existing custom rules before running the tool with elevated privileges.

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