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CVE-2025-4493: Devolutions Server · Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affects Devolutions ServerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade to 2025.1.3.0 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 31% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2025.1.3.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 May 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Devolutions Server to 2025.1.3.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Devolutions ServerAffected
  • =2025.1.3.0
  • =0
  • <=2024.3.15.0 <2025.1.3.0
  • <=2025.1.7.0
Fixed in
  • 2025.1.3.0

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-4493 effectively, European organizations should: 1) Immediately identify all instances of Devolutions Server in their environment and verify the version in use. 3) Review and tighten PAM JIT privilege configurations to ensure that privilege assignments are strictly enforced and monitored. 4) Implement enhanced logging and monitoring around PAM JIT requests and privilege escalations to detect anomalous or unauthorized activities promptly. 5) Conduct access reviews to validate that users have only the minimum necessary privileges and revoke any excessive or unnecessary group memberships. 6) Employ network segmentation and access controls to limit exposure of Devolutions Server to only trusted administrative networks. 7) Educate administrators on the risks of privilege escalation and the importance of vigilance when managing PAM configurations. 8) Consider deploying compensating controls such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) for administrative access to Devolutions Server to reduce risk of unauthorized exploitation. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on configuration auditing, monitoring, and access control hardening specific to the PAM JIT privilege mechanism within Devolutions Server.

Description

Improper privilege assignment in PAM JIT privilege sets in Devolutions Server allows a PAM user to perform PAM JIT requests on unauthorized groups by exploiting a user interface issue. This issue affects the following versions :  * Devolutions Server 2025.1.3.0 through 2025.1.7.0 * Devolutions Server 2024.3.15.0 and earlier

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