CVE-2025-53118 (GCVE-0-2025-53118)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-25 16:06
Modified
2025-08-25 20:32
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
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.
References
cve@rapid7.comhttps://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/securden-unified-pam-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-fixed/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Securden Unified PAM Version: 9.0.*   ≤ 11.3.1
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