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CVE-2025-23394 (GCVE-0-2025-23394)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-26 15:34 – Updated: 2025-05-27 14:05
VLAI
Title
daily-backup.sh script in cyrus-imapd allows escalation from cyrus to root
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-27 14:04 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed Affected: ? , < 3.8.4-2.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2025-04-29 08:20
Credits
Matthias Gerstner, SUSE
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