CVE-2025-26794

high-risk
Published 2025-02-21

Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization are used, allows remote SQL injection. (Resolving SQL injection requires an update to 4.99.1 in certain non-default rate-limit configurations.)

Do I need to act?

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74.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 25% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Exim

References (11)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237424
Patch https://code.exim.org/exim/exim/commit/bfe32b5c6ea033736a26da8421513206db9fe305
Product https://exim.org
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/EXIM-Security-2025-12-09.1/report.txt
Vendor Advisory https://github.com/Exim/exim/wiki/EximSecurity
Release Notes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/383926
Patch https://github.com/openbsd/ports/commit/584d2c49addce9ca0ae67882cc16969104d7f82d
Vendor Advisory https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2025-26794.txt
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/19/1
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/21/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/21/5
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal