Vulnerabilities

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?

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  • vendor SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed ? <3.8.4-2.1? <3.8.4-2.1

How to fix CVE-2025-23394

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

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.