# CVE-2025-3155: Yelp: arbitrary file read

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 42.2-8
- Published: 2025-04-03 · Updated: 2026-06-29

## Affected

- yelp: fixed in 42.2-8
- yelp: version range not reported
- yelp-xsl: version range not reported
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- yelp-xsl: version range not reported
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## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on yelp, yelp-xsl, upgrade to a fixed version (42.2-8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4450
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4451
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4457
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4532
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7430
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7569
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3155
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2357091
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/issues/221

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