CVE-2025-11906
Privilege escalation via writable configuration files in Progress Flowmon
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.7 Medium
- Published
- Oct 30, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 17, 2025
Description
A vulnerability exists in Progress Flowmon versions prior 12.5.6 where certain system configuration files have incorrect file permissions, allowing a user with access to the default flowmon system user account used for SSH access to potentially escalate privileges to root during service initialization.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.7 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | ProgressSoftware |
Weaknesses
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FlowmonProgress Software |
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References
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