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.

oracle_linux ELSA-2025-7430: ELSA-2025-7430:  yelp security update (IMPORTANT)

redhat RHSA-2025:7569: RHSA-2025:7569: yelp and yelp-xsl security update (Important)

redhat RHSA-2025:7430: RHSA-2025:7430: yelp security update (Important)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:7430 advisory.

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:7569 advisory.

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-7569 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2025-3155 (RHEL-85922)

    yelp-xsl

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4505 advisory.

    Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on     your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in     DocBook.

    Security Fix(es):

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4532 advisory.

    Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on     your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in     DocBook.

    Security Fix(es):

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4456 advisory.

    Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on     your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in     DocBook.

    Security Fix(es):

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4457 advisory.

    Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on     your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in     DocBook.

    Security Fix(es):

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4455 advisory.

    Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on     your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in     DocBook.

    Security Fix(es):

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4451 advisory.

    Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on     your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in     DocBook.

    Security Fix(es):

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4450 advisory.

    Yelp is the help browser for the GNOME desktop. It is designed to help you browse all the documentation on     your system in one central tool, including traditional man pages, info pages and documentation written in     DocBook.

    Security Fix(es):

    * yelp: Arbitrary file read (CVE-2025-3155)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7447-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Yelp incorrectly handled paths in ghelp URLs. A remote attacker could use this     issue to trick users into opening malicious downloaded help files and exfiltrate sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
237007	AlmaLinux 9 : yelp (ALSA-2025:7430)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
236858	AlmaLinux 8 : yelp and yelp-xsl (ALSA-2025:7569)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
236818	Oracle Linux 8 : yelp / and / yelp-xsl (ELSA-2025-7569)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
235347	RHEL 9 : yelp (RHSA-2025:4505)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
235346	RHEL 8 : yelp (RHSA-2025:4532)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
235134	RHEL 9 : yelp (RHSA-2025:4456)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
235133	RHEL 8 : yelp (RHSA-2025:4457)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
235130	RHEL 8 : yelp (RHSA-2025:4455)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
235127	RHEL 8 : yelp (RHSA-2025:4451)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
235125	RHEL 9 : yelp (RHSA-2025:4450)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
234777	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Yelp vulnerability (USN-7447-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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