Linux NFS provides the Network File System utilities that enable file-sharing infrastructure across Unix and Linux systems, occupying a critical role in storage and cluster environments despite a narrow product scope. Vulnerabilities affecting this vendor center on the nfs_utils package and reflect the complexity of network protocol parsing and privilege-escalation surfaces inherent to a kernel-adjacent storage service. Live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Linux Nfs over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (6 CVEs).
6 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2003-0252CRITICAL Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute ar | Aug 18, 2003 | 9.8 | 37 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-3689CRITICAL The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 before and including version 2.1.1-6.10.2 | Sep 19, 2019 | 9.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-12801MEDIUM A vulnerability was recently discovered in the rpc.mountd daemon in the nfs-utils package for Linux, that allows a NFSv3 client to escalate the
privileges assigned to it in the /et | Mar 4, 2026 | 6.5 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2011-2500HIGH The host_reliable_addrinfo function in support/export/hostname.c in nfs-utils before 1.2.4 does not properly use DNS to verify access to NFS exports, which allows remote attackers | Feb 15, 2014 | 7.5 | 24 | NO | NO |
The nfs_addmntent function in support/nfs/nfs_mntent.c in the mount.nsf tool in nfs-utils before 1.2.4 attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resou | Feb 26, 2014 | 3.3 | 15 | NO | NO |
rpc-gssd in nfs-utils before 1.2.8 performs reverse DNS resolution for server names during GSSAPI authentication, which might allow remote attackers to read otherwise-restricted fi | Jan 21, 2014 | 3.2 | 12 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (6 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Linux Nfs.
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