# RHSA-2025:9178: kea security update

RHSA-2025:9178, released May 28, 2025, fixes 3 CVEs in kea (version 2.6.3-1.el10_0). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2025-9178
- Platform: Linux
- Released: May 28, 2025
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2025-32801, high severity)
- CVEs: 3, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9178

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [kea](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/kea.md) | RHEL 10 | 2.6.3-1.el10_0 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2025-32801](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-32801.md) | High | kea: Kea configuration and API directives can be used to load a malicious hook library | 7.8 | 0.0030 |  |
| [CVE-2025-32803](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-32803.md) | High | kea-ctrl-agent: In some cases, Kea log files or lease files may be world-readable | 7.8 | 0.0024 |  |
| [CVE-2025-32802](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-32802.md) | High | kea: Kea configuration and API directives can be used to overwrite arbitrary files, subject to permissions granted to Kea | 7.8 | 0.0023 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T06:34:28Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo