Host privilege escalation via unrestricted cross-node dependencies
Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated Dec 24, 2025
Incorrect authorization in BlueChi before 1.0.0 allows local users with managed-node root to execute host services via cross-node dependencies. The proxy-service path accepts systemd dependencies from every managed node without checking a per-node authorization allowlist. Exploitation requires root on a managed node and can create or replace host-affecting unit files, enabling unauthorized host service execution and privilege escalation.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in BlueChi before 1.0.0 allows local users with managed-node root to execute host services via cross-node dependencies. The proxy-service path accepts systemd dependencies from every managed node without checking a per-node authorization allowlist. Exploitation requires root on a managed node and can create or replace host-affecting unit files, enabling unauthorized host service execution and privilege escalation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2515
- Published
- Dec 24, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 24, 2025
- Vendor
- The Eclipse Foundation
- Product
- BlueChi
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1543.002
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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