# RLSA-2025:8655: glibc security update

RLSA-2025:8655, released October 4, 2025, fixes 1 CVE in glibc (version 0:2.34-168.el9_6.19). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rlsa-2025-8655
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Oct 4, 2025
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2025-4802, high severity)
- CVEs: 1, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:8655

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [glibc](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/glibc.md) | rocky 9 | 0:2.34-168.el9_6.19 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2025-4802](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-4802.md) | High | Untrusted LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable vulnerability in the GNU C Library version 2.27 to 2.38 allows attacker controlled loading of dynamically shared library in statically compiled setuid binaries that call dlopen (including internal dlopen calls after setlocale or calls to NSS functions such as getaddrinfo). | 8.4 | 0.0059 |  |

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