CVE-2025-2515
Bluechi: privilege escalation in bluechi via unrestricted cross-node systemd dependencies
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.2 High
- Published
- Dec 24, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 19, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in BlueChi, a multi-node systemd service controller used in RHIVOS. This flaw allows a user with root privileges on a managed node (qm) to create or override systemd service unit files that affect the host node. This issue can lead to privilege escalation, unauthorized service execution, and potential system compromise.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BlueChiEclipse Foundation |
|
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2515vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2353313issue-tracking
- https://github.com/eclipse-bluechi/bluechi/commit/fe0d28301ce2bd45f0b1d8a98a94efef799fbc73#diff-64140c83db42a8888f346a40de293b80f79ebf7d75ce4137b22567e360bce607
- https://github.com/eclipse-bluechi/bluechi/issues/1069
- https://github.com/eclipse-bluechi/bluechi/pull/1073
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