CVE-2025-68462
Description
Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Mitigation details
CVE-2025-68462 NameCVE-2025-68462 DescriptionFreedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) Vulnerable and fixed packages The table below listsβ¦
CVE-2025-68462
| Name | CVE-2025-68462 |
| Description | Freedombox before 25.17.1 does not set proper permissions for the backups-data directory, allowing the reading of dump files of databases. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freedombox (PTS) | bullseye | 21.4.4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 23.6.2+deb12u1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 25.9.3+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky | 26.8 | fixed | |
| sid | 26.9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| freedombox | source | trixie | 25.9.3+deb13u1 | |||
| freedombox | source | (unstable) | 25.17.1 |
Notes
[bookworm] - freedombox <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - freedombox <postponed> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/commit/8ba444990b4af6eec4b6b2b26482b107d7ff1229 (v25.17.1)
https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/issues/2554 (not public)
Apply commands
[bookworm] - freedombox <no-dsa> (Minor issue)[bullseye] - freedombox <postponed> (Minor issue)Fixed by: https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/commit/8ba444990b4af6eec4b6b2b26482b107d7ff1229 (v25.17.1)https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/issues/2554 (not public)
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 25.17.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 25.17.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 25.9.3+deb13u1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.