CVE-2025-9301

cmake cmForEachCommand.cxx ReplayItems assertion

State: Published
Severity: 4.8 Medium
Published: Aug 21, 2025
Updated: Aug 21, 2025
Reserved: Aug 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was determined in cmake 4.1.20250725-gb5cce23. This affects the function cmForEachFunctionBlocker::ReplayItems of the file cmForEachCommand.cxx. This manipulation causes reachable assertion. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 37e27f71bc356d880c908040cd0cb68fa2c371b8. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	4.8 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P	VulDB
3.1	3.3 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	VulDB
3.0	3.3 Low	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	VulDB
2.0	1.7 Low	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-617 Reachable Assertion

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cmaken/a	4.1.20250725-gb5cce23Affected

References

VDB-320906 | cmake cmForEachCommand.cxx ReplayItems assertionvdb-entrytechnical-description
VDB-320906 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
Submit #632369 | cmake 4.1.20250725-gb5cce23 and other recent versions of the 4.x series. assertion failurethird-party-advisory
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/27135issue-tracking
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/27135#note_1691629issue-tracking
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TerUqQB8_lzJTwIBCBmE94zn7n-gOz4f/view?usp=sharingexploit
https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/commit/37e27f71bc356d880c908040cd0cb68fa2c371b8patch

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