Description
A flaw was found in Yelp. The Gnome user help application allows the help document to execute arbitrary scripts. This vulnerability allows malicious users to input help documents, which may exfiltrate user files to an external environment.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
yelp
Default version status: unaffected
0 to < 42.2-8affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_10.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:3.28.0-2.el8_10.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_2.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_4.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_6.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:3.28.1-3.el8_8.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-2.el9_6.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-2.el9_0.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-2.el9_2.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support
Default version status: affected
2:40.3-2.el9_4.1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4450 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4451 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4455 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4456 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4457 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4505 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4532 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7430 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7569 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3155 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2357091 ↗
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/issues/221 ↗
- https://gist.github.com/parrot409/e970b155358d45b298d7024edd9b17f2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/04/1 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00036.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00037.html ↗