CVE-2025-66004 Local privilege escalation in usbmuxd from arbitrary local user to usbmux
Local attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in usbmuxd to escalate privileges to the service user.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-66004?
CVE-2025-66004 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in libimobiledevice usbmuxd, published on 10 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A Path Traversal vulnerability in usbmuxd allows local users to escalate to the service user.This issue affects usbmuxd: before 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba.
Weakness: CWE-35
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-66004?
Linux distribution packages (4)
usbmuxd SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | All versions | 1.1.1-150400.3.3.1 |
usbmuxd SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.1.0-14.3.1 |
usbmuxd SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | All versions | 1.1.1-150400.3.3.1 |
usbmuxd openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 1.1.1-150400.3.3.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-66004?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-66004 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-66004 exists.
Sources
Also known as AZL-72280, AZL-72290, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66004, DLA-4417-1, DSA-6125-1, GHSA-vf6v-86gw-v5p3 and 11 more.