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high 7.5

CVE-2025-26794 in the critical feed json

Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization are used, allows remote SQL injection.

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-4451

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.6%
EPSS 77.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization are used, allows remote SQL injection. (Resolving SQL injection requires an update to 4.99.1 in certain non-default rate-limit configurations.)

Patch / fix

  • Exim Exim 4.98.1
  • exim4 Debian 14, Debian 13 4.98-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-26794

  • exim openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.98.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14935-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-26794 updated cvss 7.5

exim: Exim: remote SQL injection

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

77.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Exim Exim

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.