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Medium 6.7Published Oct 30, 2025

CVE-2025-11906Privilege escalation via writable configuration files in Progress Flowmon

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It affects Progress Software Flowmon. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
6.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-732
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
ProgressSoftware
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Feb 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Progress Software Flowmon
progress_software:flowmon (from the name)
Flowmon 12 versions prior to 12.5.6
CNA record

References

References

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CVE-2025-11906: Privilege escalation via writable configuration files in Progress Flowmon | InfoSec Signals