What is CVE-2025-61879?

CVE-2025-61879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Infoblox Nios, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-61879?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Infoblox Nios

CVE-2025-61879

In Infoblox NIOS through 9.0.7, a High-Privileged User Can Trigger an Arbitrary File Write via the Account Creation Mechanism.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Infoblox Nios — versions 8.5.2, 9.0.1, 9.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

infoblox.com (Product)
support.infoblox.com/s/article/CVE-2025-61879-and-CVE-2025-61880 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-61879?: CVE-2025-61879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Infoblox Nios, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-61879?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.