PT-2025-22645 · Unknown+1 · Cyrus Imap+1

Matthias Gerstner · CVE-2025-23394 · Published 2025-04-29 · Updated 2026-06-12

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cyrus-imapd versions prior to 3.8.4-2.1

Description A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following issue in cyrus-imapd allows escalation from cyrus to root. This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.4-2.1, update to version 3.8.4-2.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the cyrus-imapd service until a patch is applied.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-61

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-23394

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15038-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20962-1

Affected Products

Cyrus Imap

Opensuse Tumbleweed

References · 19

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15038-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23394 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-23394 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23394 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:20962-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23394 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1241543 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1927488826080944595 · Twitter Post
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1246165 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1241536 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1928406084059881785 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/24661 · Telegram Post
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23394 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1927029811974668681 · Twitter Post
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-23394 · Note