CVE-2025-23394

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—

9.8

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.

CVSS v3: 9.8
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 72.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

May 26, 2025

Last Modified

April 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated May 3, 2026

No patch confirmed yet.

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1241536 – (CVE-2025-23394) VUL-0: CVE-2025-23394: cyrus-imapd: daily-backup.sh allows escalation from cyrus to root

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-23394

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-61

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What is CVE-2025-23394?

CVE-2025-23394 is a critical vulnerability published on May 26, 2025. 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.

When was CVE-2025-23394 disclosed?

CVE-2025-23394 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 26, 2025, with the most recent update on April 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-23394 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-23394 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 72.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-23394?

CVE-2025-23394 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-23394?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-23394, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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1241536 – (CVE-2025-23394) VUL-0: CVE-2025-23394: cyrus-imapd: daily-backup.sh allows escalation from cyrus to root

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