CVE-2025-53880: Container suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd:latest · Path Traversal
Affects Container suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd:latestSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
AI-suggested
- Immediately restrict network access to the vulnerable endpoint beyond the existing IP whitelist by implementing strict network segmentation and firewall rules to limit adjacent network exposure.
- Monitor logs and filesystem changes within the container for unusual file write or delete operations, especially targeting the tftpsync scripts.
- Employ container runtime security tools to detect and prevent unauthorized filesystem modifications.
- Avoid deploying the vulnerable container image in untrusted or exposed network environments until a patch is available.
- Follow SUSE advisories closely and apply official patches or updated container images as soon as they are released.
- Consider running the container with further reduced privileges or using container security features such as read-only filesystems or mandatory access controls to limit the impact of potential exploitation.
- Conduct regular security assessments and penetration tests focusing on internal network threats and container security posture.
Description
A Path Traversal vulnerability in the tftpsync/add and tftpsync/delete scripts allows a remote attacker on an adjacent network to write or delete files on the filesystem with the privileges of the unprivileged wwwrun user. Although the endpoint is unauthenticated, access is restricted to a list of allowed IP addresses.