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CVE-2025-43079 (GCVE-0-2025-43079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-10 17:10 – Updated: 2026-03-18 17:10

Title

Local Privilege Escalation via qagent_uninstall.sh Qualys Cloud Agents

Summary

The Qualys Cloud Agent included a bundled uninstall script (qagent_uninstall.sh), specific to Mac and Linux supported versions that invoked multiple system commands without using absolute paths and without sanitizing the $PATH environment. If the uninstall script is executed with elevated privileges (e.g., via sudo) in an environment where $PATH has been manipulated, an attacker with root/sudo privileges could cause malicious executables to be run in place of the intended system binaries. This behavior can be leveraged for local privilege escalation and arbitrary command execution under elevated privileges.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-11-11 04:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Assigner

Qualys CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/cve-20…

Impacted products

11 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 5.0 , < 7.2.3 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::linux:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 3.12 , < 7.1.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::bsd:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 4.17 , < 6.0.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::ibm_aix:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 6.2.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::macos:::::* cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::x86:::::* cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::64_bit:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 6.3.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::macos_m_series_silicon_cpu_:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 3.31.1-8 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::zlinux:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 3.21.1-6 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::ppc:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 4.2.6 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::coreos:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 5.0.3 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::bottlerocket_intel:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 5.0.2 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::googlecos:::::*
Qualys Inc	Qualys Agent	Affected: 0 , < 6.0.3 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::bottlerocket:::::* cpe:2.3:a:qualys_inc:qualys_agent:::arm:::::*

Date Public

2025-11-10 16:32

Credits

Brent Zaltsman (AfricanHipp0)

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FKIE_CVE-2025-43079

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-10 18:16 - Updated: 2026-10-07 21:10

Severity

6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	bugreport@qualys.com	https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/cve-2025-43079

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-J3GV-X7FR-5WQW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-10 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-10 18:30

Details

The Qualys Cloud Agent included a bundled uninstall script (qagent_uninstall.sh), specific to MacOS and Linux supported versions that invoked multiple system commands without using absolute paths and without sanitizing the $PATH environment. If the uninstall script is executed with elevated privileges (e.g., via sudo) in an environment where $PATH has been manipulated, an attacker with root/sudo privileges could cause malicious executables to be run in place of the intended system binaries. This behavior can be leveraged for local privilege escalation and arbitrary command execution under elevated privileges.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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WID-SEC-W-2025-2574

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2025-11-11 23:00 - Updated: 2025-11-11 23:00

Summary

Qualys Cloud Agent: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2025-43079.

CVE-2025-43079

Known affected: 1 product

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