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CVE-2025-22869VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: gvisor-tap-vsock security update

Affects Red Hat gvisor-tap-vsockSource GCVE Database

0

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 18:43 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 60% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 May 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

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red HatAffected
  • Red Hat
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • src
  • gvisor-tap-vsock-6:0.8.5-1.el9_6.src
Fixed in–

Description

A replacement for libslirp and VPNKit, written in pure Go. It is based on the network stack of gVisor. Compared to libslirp, gvisor-tap-vsock brings a configurable DNS server and dynamic port forwarding. Security Fix(es): * golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service in the Key Exchange of golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (CVE-2025-22869) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

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