CVE-2025-3155

high

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.

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3155

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7569

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7430

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4532

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4505

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4457

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4456

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4455

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4451

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4450

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00037.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00036.html

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/issues/221

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2357091

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/04/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-03

Updated: 2026-06-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.4

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