Medium severity · published Oct 30, 2025
CVE-2025-11906
Privilege escalation via writable configuration files in Progress Flowmon
6.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
Flowmon · Progress Software
Flowmon 12 versions prior to 12.5.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11906
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11906
community.progress.com
https://community.progress.com/s/article/Progress-Flowmon-CVE-2025-11906
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