theshit vulnerable to unsafe loading of user-owned Python rules when running as root

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

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

EPSS

• CVE-2025-69257: 0.13% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 2.92 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Impact Vulnerability Type: Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) / Arbitrary Code Execution. The application loads custom Python rules and configuration files from user-writable locations (e.g., ~/.config/theshit/) without validating ownership or permissions when executed with elevated privileges. If the tool is invoked with sudo or otherwise runs with an effective UID of root, it continues to trust configuration files originating from the unprivileged user's environment. This allows a local attacker to inject arbitrary Python code via a malicious rule or configuration file, which is then executed with root privileges. Who is impacted: Any system where this tool is executed with elevated privileges is affected. In environments where the tool is permitted to run via sudo without a password (NOPASSWD), a local unprivileged user can escalate privileges to root without additional interaction. Patches The issue has been fixed in version 0.1.1. The patch introduces strict ownership and…

Published by the source

30 Dec 2025, 23:45 UTC

Last modified by the source

5 Jan 2026, 14:55 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 15:39 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-95qg-89c2-w5hj

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-69257

Advisory: theshit vulnerable to unsafe loading of user-owned Python rules when running as root
IDs: CVE-2025-69257, GHSA-95qg-89c2-w5hj
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-69257 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:39 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.3)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: theshit 0.1.1. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- crates.io theshit: affected < 0.1.1; fixed in 0.1.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- crates.io theshit: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on theshit.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-95qg-89c2-w5hj (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-95qg-89c2-w5hj lists affected ranges: crates.io theshit >=0 <0.1.1)

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