CVE-2025-32463

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-09-29. Federal remediation due 2025-10-20.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

59.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-06-30 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-02-26 17:50Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control SphereBase
• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0aa8310ed8cf4835139ff3804f20e1d6e9a015fa4125a2dde8a98fecd65fb386

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