CVE-2025-23394 json
daily-backup.sh script in cyrus-imapd allows escalation from cyrus to root
published 2025-05-26 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-27710
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed cyrus-imapd allows escalation from cyrus to root.This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed cyrus-imapd before 3.8.4-2.1.
Patch / fix
- SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.8.4-2.1
- cyrus-imapd openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.8.6-bp160.1.1
- cyrus-imapd openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.8.4-2.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20962-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15038-1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-23394
- NVD CVE-2025-23394
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