Incorrect permission assignment in Debian FreedomBox
Priority LOW 14CWE-732Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00114 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed FreedomBox (Debian): 25.17.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA FreedomBox (Debian) Fixed in 25.17.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68462
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gjwv-45pm-f62j
References
More Debian vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-19388 telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.7 allows remote authentication bypass via a "-f root"… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-31204 Deserialization of untrusted data in Roundcube Webmail KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-23504 Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerable to Pre-Authentication RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-18529 Apache Tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-68462 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68462 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gjwv-45pm-f62j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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