What is CVE-2025-26357?

CVE-2025-26357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Q-Free Maxtime, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2025-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-26357?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-26357 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Q-Free Maxtime

CVE-2025-26357

A CWE-35 "Path Traversal" in maxtime/api/database/database.lua in Q-Free MaxTime less than or equal to version 2.11.0 allows an authenticated remote attacker to read sensitive files via crafted HTTP requests.

Published 2025-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Q-Free Maxtime — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-35 — Path Traversal: '.../...//'

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2025-26357 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-26357?: CVE-2025-26357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Q-Free Maxtime, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2025-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-26357?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-26357 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.