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high 8.7

CVE-2025-53880 json

susemanager-tftpsync-recv allows arbitrary file creation and deletion due to path traversal

published last yr. modified 23d ago also EUVD-2025-36998

cvss
8.7
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Path Traversal vulnerability in the tftpsync/add and tftpsync/delete scripts allows a remote attacker on an adjacent network to write or delete files on the filesystem with the privileges of the unprivileged wwwrun user. Although the endpoint is unauthenticated, access is restricted to a list of allowed IP addresses.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE Container suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd:latest 4.3.11-150400.3.15.3
  • SUSE Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd:latest 5.0.3-150600.3.6.4
  • SUSE Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-httpd:latest 5.1.3-150700.3.3.3
  • SUSE SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 4.3.11-150400.3.15.3
  • release-notes-susemanager Manager Server LTS 4.3 4.3.16.1-150400.3.143.2
  • release-notes-susemanager-proxy Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 4.3.16.1-150400.3.101.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:3827-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • SUSE Container suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd:latest
  • SUSE Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd:latest
  • SUSE Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-httpd:latest
  • SUSE SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-35 Path Traversal: '.../...//'

References

Sources

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