CVE-2025-40889 (GCVE-0-2025-40889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-07 12:37 – Updated: 2025-10-07 13:08
VLAI
Title
Path traversal in Time Machine functionality in Guardian/CMC before 25.2.0
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in the Time Machine functionality due to missing validation of two input parameters. An authenticated user with limited privileges, by issuing a specifically-crafted request, can potentially alter the structure and content of files in the /data folder, and/or affect their availability.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Nozomi Networks Guardian Affected: 0 , < 25.2.0 (semver)
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Nozomi Networks CMC Affected: 0 , < 25.2.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-10-07 07:00
Credits
This issue was found by Andrea Palanca of Nozomi Networks Product Security team during an internal investigation.
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