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GHSA-FQ2G-F63J-9X36

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-26 00:31 – Updated: 2025-08-26 00:31

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-25 16:06 – Updated: 2025-08-25 20:32

Summary

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

Assigner

rapid7

References

URL

Tags

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/securden-unified…

third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Securden	Unified PAM	Affected: 9.0.* , ≤ 11.3.1 (semver)

Credits

Aaron Herndon, Principal Security Consultant, and Marcus Chang, Security Consultant, both of Rapid7.

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-FQ2G-F63J-9X36

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

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