What is CVE-2025-15281?

CVE-2025-15281 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Medium severity. wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2025-15281 cover?

CVE-2025-15281 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-15281. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2025-15281?

CVE-2025-15281 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2025-15281?

CVE-2025-15281 affects 2 products, including: azl3 glibc 2.38-16 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 glibc 2.38-18 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2025-15281MediumCVSS 6.2

wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

June 2, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-15281 →

🎯 Affected products2

azl3 glibc 2.38-16 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 glibc 2.38-18 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 2.38-18

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15281
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade