Vulnerability · CVE-2025-23394
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 be
Published May 26, 2025 · catalog updated May 27, 2025 · SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed
Check this week
CVE-2025-23394 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 57.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 57.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed ? <3.8.4-2.1
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.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed ? <3.8.4-2.1? <3.8.4-2.1
How to fix CVE-2025-23394
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-23394 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 57.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed ? <3.8.4-2.1 ? <3.8.4-2.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 57.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 26, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
May 27, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-23394
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-27710
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.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog May 27, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.