CVE-2025-53881

MEDIUMNVD 6.9

6.9

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

CVSS v3: 6.9
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 8.6%
KEV: Not listed

Published

October 2, 2025

Last Modified

April 15, 2026

References (1)

meissner@susehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-53881

Weakness Classification(1)

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

CWE-61

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What is CVE-2025-53881?

CVE-2025-53881 is a medium vulnerability published on October 2, 2025. A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

When was CVE-2025-53881 disclosed?

CVE-2025-53881 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 2, 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-2025-53881 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-53881 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 8.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-53881?

CVE-2025-53881 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.9 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 0.0.

How do I remediate CVE-2025-53881?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-53881, 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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