CVE-2025-54389CWE-117

AIDE improper output neutralization vulnerability

Medium · published August 14, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

AIDE is an advanced intrusion detection environment. Prior to version 0.19.2, there is an improper output neutralization vulnerability in AIDE. An attacker can craft a malicious filename by including terminal escape sequences to hide the addition or removal of the file from the report and/or tamper with the log output. A local user might exploit this to bypass the AIDE detection of malicious files. Additionally the output of extended attribute key names and symbolic links targets are also not properly neutralized. This issue has been patched in version 0.19.2. A workaround involves configuring AIDE to write the report output to a regular file, redirecting stdout to a regular file, or redirecting the log output written to stderr to a regular file.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00250 · 15.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-117 · Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
Published
2025-08-14T15:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 AUG 15:53Z
    AIDE improper output neutralization vulnerability
    cvelistv5