CVE-2025-12738 Enumeration of restricted property value
An attacker with limited database access can infer restricted property values by observing error messages during SET operations, leading to information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12738?
CVE-2025-12738 is a low-severity vulnerability in neo4j Enterprise Edition, published on 22 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Neo4j Enterprise edition versions prior to 2025.11.2 and 5.26.17 are vulnerable to a potential information disclosure by an attacker who has some legitimate access to the database. The vulnerability allows attacker without read access to a property to infer information about its value by trying to enumerate all possible values through observing error messages of SET property. We recommend upgrading to 2025.11.2 or 5.26.17 and above, where the issues is fixed.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12738?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12738?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12738 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12738 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qcj4-rf2h-2w2x.