High 7.2Published Dec 24, 2025

CVE-2025-2515Bluechi: privilege escalation in bluechi via unrestricted cross-node systemd dependencies

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 6:00 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A vulnerability was found in BlueChi, a multi-node systemd service controller used in RHIVOS. This flaw allows a user with root privileges on a managed node (qm) to create or override systemd service unit files that affect the host node. This issue can lead to privilege escalation, unauthorized service execution, and potential system compromise.

CVSS: 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: redhat
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jun 29, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Eclipse Foundation BlueChi eclipse_foundation:bluechi (from the name)	before 1.0.0	CNA record

References

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2515	vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2353313	issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
https://github.com/eclipse-bluechi/bluechi/commit/fe0d28301ce2bd45f0b1d8a98a94efef799fbc73#diff-64140c83db42a8888f346a40de293b80f79ebf7d75ce4137b22567e360bce607
https://github.com/eclipse-bluechi/bluechi/issues/1069
https://github.com/eclipse-bluechi/bluechi/pull/1073

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