CVE-2025-7406 A Sudo Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Nokia MantaRay NM

High 7.8 Published 30 Jun 2026 Updated 30 Jun 2026

Local administrators can escalate to root privileges in Nokia MantaRay NM, requiring mitigation by restricting sudo commands.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-7406?

CVE-2025-7406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nokia MantaRay NM, published on 30 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Nokia MantaRay NM is vulnerable to a sudo privilege escalation vulnerability where a local attacker possessing administrative (local admin) privileges can escalate to full root privileges on the host. Successful exploitation results in root-level access to the filesystem and the ability to execute actions as root. The risk can be temporarily mitigated by restricting the set of commands permitted via sudo for the affected accounts.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7406?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nokia Mantaray Nm.

How do I fix CVE-2025-7406?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7406 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-7406 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5xvf-r542-vqqf.