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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-68462

Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases.

Published Dec 18, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 18, 2025 · Debian FreedomBox

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68462. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of Debian FreedomBox is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low3.2
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.11%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Debian FreedomBox 0 <25.17.1

Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases.

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 Debian FreedomBox 0 <25.17.10 <25.17.1

How to fix CVE-2025-68462

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68462. EPSS is 0.11%. Act only if a listed version of Debian FreedomBox is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Debian FreedomBox 0 <25.17.1 0 <25.17.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.11%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Debian security

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. Dec 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases.

  2. Dec 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68462

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-68462

    30-day exploitation probability 0.11%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-204034

    Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 2, 2026
  • EUVDNov 1, 2026