CVE-2025-53118 (GCVE-0-2025-53118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-25 16:06 – Updated: 2025-08-25 20:32
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Summary
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists which allows an unauthenticated attacker to control administrator backup functions, leading to compromise of passwords, secrets, and application session tokens stored by the Unified PAM.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
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Vendor Product Version
Securden Unified PAM Affected: 9.0.* , ≤ 11.3.1 (semver)
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Credits
Aaron Herndon, Principal Security Consultant, and Marcus Chang, Security Consultant, both of Rapid7.
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