What is CVE-2025-53118?

CVE-2025-53118 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Securden Unified Pam, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2025-53118?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-53118 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Securden Unified Pam

CVE-2025-53118

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists which allows an unauthenticated attacker to control administrator backup functions, leading to compromise of passwords, secrets, and application session tokens stored by the Unified PAM.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.295 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Securden Unified Pam — versions 9.0.*

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@rapid7.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53118?: CVE-2025-53118 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Securden Unified Pam, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-53118?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-53118 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.