CVE-2025-13609
Keylime: keylime: registrar allows identity takeover via duplicate uuid registration
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in keylime where an attacker can exploit this flaw by registering a new agent using a different Trusted Platform Module (TPM) device but claiming an existing agent's unique identifier (UUID). This action overwrites the legitimate agent's identity, enabling the attacker to impersonate the compromised agent and potentially bypass security controls.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 7.14.0
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- unaffected 0:7.12.1-11.el10_1.3 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 0:7.12.1-2.el10_0.4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:7.12.1-11.el9_7.3 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions
- unaffected 0:6.5.2-6.el9_2.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 0:7.3.0-13.el9_4.1 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 0:7.3.0-15.el9_6.1 – < *
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIkeylimeGHSA-xh5w-g8gq-r3v9 (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.
References (9)
- RHSA-2025:23201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:23210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:23628 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:23735 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:23852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:0429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2416761 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://github.com/keylime/keylime/issues/1820 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xh5w-g8gq-r3v9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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