What is CVE-2025-27590?

CVE-2025-27590 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oxidized Web Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2025-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-27590?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-27590 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Oxidized Web Project

CVE-2025-27590

In oxidized-web (aka Oxidized Web) before 0.15.0, the RANCID migration page allows an unauthenticated user to gain control over the Linux user account that is running oxidized-web.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.263 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Oxidized Web Project — versions 0
Oxidized_web_project Oxidized_web

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-27590?: CVE-2025-27590 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oxidized Web Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2025-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-27590?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-27590 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.