{"id":"CVE-2025-59172","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-59172","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:46:01.094Z","title":"Ericsson Packet Core Controller (PCC) versions prior to 1.38 contain an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.","description":"Ericsson Packet Core Controller (PCC) versions prior to 1.38 contain an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code as root.","published":"2026-07-27T15:16:45.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-29T19:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"85b1779b-6ecd-4f52-bcc5-73eac4659dcf","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00284,"percentile":0.208,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/security/psirt/security-bulletin-pcc-july-2026","source":"85b1779b-6ecd-4f52-bcc5-73eac4659dcf"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59172","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}