Privilege escalation via writable configuration files in Progress Flowmon

published 2025-10-30 12 mo ago modified 2026-10-08 32 d ago also EUVD-2025-36972

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon versions prior 12.5.6 where certain system configuration files have incorrect file permissions, allowing a user with access to the default flowmon system user account used for SSH access to potentially escalate privileges to root during service initialization.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 12 mo ago (2025-10-31)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Progress Software Flowmon

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

community.progress.com /s/article/Progress-Flowmon-CVE-2025-11906
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-11906
NVD CVE-2025-11906

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Summary