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CVE-2025-53120

9.4
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 10.5% (pctl 96)

Patch early

EPSS 10.5% — above the 10% action threshold.

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in unauthenticated upload functionality allows a malicious actor to upload binaries and scripts to the server’s configuration and web root directories, achieving remote code execution on the Unified PAM server.

Scoring

CVSS9.4 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS10.46% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-22
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2025-08-25
Last modified2026-06-17

References

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