CVE-2025-26707 Privilege escalation in GoldenDB
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-26707 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-26707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ZTE GoldenDB, published on 11 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26707 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: ZTE GoldenDB. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26707/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26707/index.md)
An improper privilege management flaw in ZTE GoldenDB allows attackers to escalate privileges within the database system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26707?
CVE-2025-26707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ZTE GoldenDB, published on 11 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ZTE GoldenDB allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects GoldenDB: from 6.1.03 through 6.1.03.05.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26707?
How do I fix CVE-2025-26707?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-26707 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26707 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c4pc-6x2g-4chr.