Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2022-25265

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-25265 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel (up to 5.16.10) and NetApp products, where specific binary files compiled around 2003 with older toolchains might possess an "exec-all" attribute. This flaw allows for the execution of code in memory regions intended to be non-executable, potentially leading to a full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it presents a local attack vector with low complexity and no user interaction required. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.16.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18780-16820Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18781-16823Fixed in: 5.15.26.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.26.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.26.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.102.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: -
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-25265Moderate

kernel: Executable Space Protection Bypass

Feb 16, 2022
microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-25265Important

In the Linux kernel through 5.16.10 certain binary files may have the exec-all attribute if they were built in approximately 2003 (e.g. with GCC 3.2.2 and Linux kernel 2.4.20). This can cause execution of bytes located in supposedly non-executable regions of a file.

Feb 8, 2022

References

github.com / torvalds/linux/blob/1c33bb0507508af24fd754dd7123bd8e997fab2f/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / x0reaxeax/exec-prot-bypass
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220318-0005
Third Party Advisory