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CVE-2025-53118

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.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 35.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
35.11% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-306
Source
cve@rapid7.com
EPSS trend
0%20%40%3 October 2026: 31.89%28 October 2026: 35.11%1 November 2026: 35.11%3 October 20261 November 2026

EPSS moved from 31.9% on 3 October 2026 to 35.1% on 1 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.