CVE-2025-61962

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 34.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-19.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2025-10-04 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-04 21:14Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-10-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-142Improper Neutralization of Value DelimitersVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

81707f0250f8cc065085228c9520681cbb6ec7d3337eb6fd2cfc200740a28dc8

• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/03/2
• www.fetchmail.infohttps://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2025-01.txt
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/-/commit/4c3cebfa4e659fb778ca2cae0ccb3f69201609a8
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/04/3