CVE-2025-53859 (GCVE-0-2025-53859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 14:46 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:12
VLAI
Title
NGINX ngx_mail_smtp_module vulnerability
Summary
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Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 NGINX Plus Unaffected: R35 (custom)
Affected: R34 , < R34 P2 (custom)
Affected: R33 , < R33 P3 (custom)
Affected: R32 , < R32 P3 (custom)
Affected: R31 , < * (custom)
Affected: R30 , < * (custom)
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F5 NGINX Open Source Affected: 0.7 , < 1.29.1 (custom)
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Date Public
2025-08-13 14:00
Credits
F5 acknowledges the Amazon Web Services Security team for bringing this issue to our attention and following the highest standards of coordinated disclosure.
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