Information Disclosure
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
How It Works
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security. This happens through multiple channels: verbose error messages that display stack traces revealing internal paths and frameworks, improperly secured debug endpoints left active in production, and misconfigured servers that expose directory listings or version control artifacts like .git folders. APIs often leak excessive data in responses—returning full user objects when only a name is needed, or revealing system internals through metadata fields.
Attackers exploit these exposures systematically. They probe for common sensitive files (.env, config.php, backup archives), trigger error conditions to extract framework details, and analyze response timing or content differences to enumerate valid usernames or resources. Even subtle variations—like "invalid password" versus "user not found"—enable account enumeration. Exposed configuration files frequently contain database credentials, API keys, or internal service URLs that unlock further attack vectors.
The attack flow typically starts with passive reconnaissance: examining HTTP headers, JavaScript bundles, and public endpoints for version information and architecture clues. Active probing follows—testing predictable paths, manipulating parameters to trigger exceptions, and comparing responses across similar requests to identify information leakage patterns.
Impact
- Credential compromise: Exposed configuration files, hardcoded secrets in source code, or API keys enable direct authentication bypass
- Attack surface mapping: Stack traces, framework versions, and internal paths help attackers craft targeted exploits for known vulnerabilities
- Data breach: Direct exposure of user data, payment information, or proprietary business logic through oversharing APIs or accessible backups
- Privilege escalation pathway: Internal URLs, service discovery information, and architecture details facilitate lateral movement and SSRF attacks
- Compliance violations: GDPR, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA penalties for exposing regulated data through preventable disclosures
Real-World Examples
A major Git repository exposure affected thousands of websites when .git folders remained accessible on production servers, allowing attackers to reconstruct entire source code histories including deleted commits containing credentials. Tools like GitDumper automated mass exploitation of this misconfiguration.
Cloud storage misconfigurations have repeatedly exposed sensitive data when companies left S3 buckets or Azure Blob containers publicly readable. One incident exposed 150 million voter records because verbose API error messages revealed the storage URL structure, and no authentication was required.
Framework debug modes left enabled in production have caused numerous breaches. Django's DEBUG=True setting exposed complete stack traces with database queries and environment variables, while Laravel's debug pages revealed encryption keys through the APP_KEY variable in environment dumps.
Mitigation
- Generic error pages: Return uniform error messages to users; log detailed exceptions server-side only
- Disable debug modes: Enforce production configurations that suppress stack traces, verbose logging, and debug endpoints through deployment automation
- Access control audits: Restrict or remove development artifacts (
.git, backup files,phpinfo()) and internal endpoints before deployment - Response minimization: API responses should return only necessary fields; implement allowlists rather than blocklists for data exposure
- Security headers: Deploy
X-Content-Type-Options, remove server version banners, and disable directory indexing - Timing consistency: Ensure authentication and validation responses take uniform time regardless of input validity
Recent CVEs (73946)
Reference leak in the Linux kernel IPVS (IP Virtual Server) subsystem allows a local low-privileged user to trigger a race condition between the netdev notifier handler and destination cache update logic, potentially causing kernel resource exhaustion. When a network device is shutting down, the FIB routing subsystem may return a valid route after ip_vs_dst_event() finishes processing, allowing that route to be cached against a closing device and leaking a device reference until the IPVS destination is removed. This is a medium-severity availability issue with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and a very low EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile), indicating it is not currently a prioritized exploitation target.
Availability impact in the Linux kernel FAT filesystem driver allows a local low-privileged user to trigger a kernel WARN_ON by mounting and operating on a corrupted FAT image with incorrect directory link counts. Specifically, rmdir unconditionally decrements the parent inode's i_nlink without first verifying it is at least 3, allowing underflow to zero on malformed images. No public exploit has been identified and the EPSS probability is 0.02% (7th percentile), but the kernel WARN_ON can cause a system crash, making the real-world availability impact high on affected systems where users can mount FAT images.
Bridge multicast MDB entry counter underflow in the Linux kernel's `net/bridge/br_multicast.c` allows local attackers with low privileges to trigger a kernel WARN_ON - and a system panic on hosts configured with `panic_on_warn=1` - by manipulating VLAN snooping state on a bridge interface before flushing multicast group entries. Multiple stable kernel branches are affected across all architectures that include the bridge multicast subsystem. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, with an EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) confirming low exploitation probability; patches are available across kernel stable series 6.12, 6.6, 6.18, 6.19, and 7.0.
Ext4 filesystem extent-splitting logic in the Linux kernel incorrectly caches extents mid-operation, leaving stale hole entries in the in-memory extent status tree (ESTree). When a Direct I/O write partially covers a pre-allocated unwritten extent, ext4_split_extent_at() can insert an incorrect hole entry that persists uncorrected, causing space accounting errors when subsequent delayed buffer writes target the same region. No active exploitation has been confirmed (not in CISA KEV), and the EPSS score of 0.02% (7th percentile) reflects negligible real-world exploitation likelihood; this is primarily a kernel correctness and filesystem availability defect rather than a targeted attack surface.
Memory leak in the Linux kernel's AMD XDnA accelerator driver (accel/amdxdna) allows a local low-privileged user to degrade system availability by exhausting kernel memory. The amdxdna_ubuf_map() function fails to release previously allocated scatter-gather (sg) and internal sg table memory when error paths are taken during sg_alloc_table_from_pages or dma_map_sgtable operations. No active exploitation is confirmed (absent from CISA KEV), EPSS stands at 0.02% (4th percentile), and impact is strictly limited to availability - no confidentiality or integrity exposure exists.
Deadlock in the Linux kernel mlx5e Mellanox/NVIDIA Ethernet driver allows a low-privileged local attacker to hang the system by triggering network health reporter recovery paths that acquire locks in the wrong order. Specifically, work handlers acquire the netdev instance lock before invoking devlink_health_report, which then attempts to acquire the devlink lock - reversing the mandated devlink → rtnl → netdev ordering and producing an ABBA deadlock. The vulnerability affects systems equipped with Mellanox/NVIDIA ConnectX NICs; no public exploit exists and EPSS sits at 0.02% (4th percentile), consistent with a kernel-internal locking race rather than an externally triggerable flaw.
Race condition in the Linux kernel's XFRM ICMP route lookup path causes a kernel WARN_ON that can crash affected systems. Within `icmp_route_lookup()`, a TOCTOU window between a locality check and a subsequent `ip_route_input()` call allows a concurrently executing `ip addr add` to return a LOCAL route whose `dst.output` is set to `ip_rt_bug()` - a debugging stub that fires `WARN_ON` when invoked during ICMP error transmission. Exploitation requires local access, active XFRM/IPsec policy, and precise race-window timing; no active exploitation is confirmed and EPSS sits at 0.02%, though a public reproducer exists that requires kernel modification to reliably trigger.
Recursive mutex deadlock in the Linux kernel's PowerPC Enhanced Error Handling (EEH) subsystem causes denial of service on IBM POWER systems running affected kernel versions. Commit 1010b4c012b0 inadvertently repositioned pci_lock_rescan_remove() calls so that eeh_handle_normal_event() holds the lock before invoking eeh_pe_bus_get(), which internally attempts to acquire the same mutex, producing a confirmed lockdep-detected deadlock that crashes the EEH daemon and disables PCI error recovery. No public exploit has been identified and the EPSS score of 0.02% (7th percentile) reflects the narrow hardware-specific attack surface; real-world impact is a reliability and availability concern for IBM POWER server operators rather than a traditional security attack vector.
Circular lock dependency in the Linux kernel's netfilter nf_tables subsystem causes kernel deadlock or hang when nft reset, ipset list, and iptables-nft with '-m set' rules execute concurrently, resulting in a local denial of service. The root cause is improper use of commit_mutex in the reset path, which - when interleaved with nfnl_subsys_ipset and nlk_cb_mutex acquisitions - creates a deadlock cycle. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been confirmed; EPSS of 0.02% (5th percentile) reflects the low real-world exploitation probability for this class of locking defect.
Memory exhaustion vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CAAM DPAA2 crypto driver allows gradual resource depletion on systems with NXP DPAA2 hardware through unreleased per-CPU net_device allocations during failed probe retries. The regression was introduced when commit 0e1a4d427f58 converted embedded net_device structs to dynamically allocated pointers but omitted cleanup in the dpaa2_dpseci_free() error path - meaning every deferred probe retry triggered by a temporarily unavailable DPIO subsystem silently leaks netdev memory. No public exploit exists and EPSS probability is 0.02% (5th percentile), consistent with the hardware-specific, non-user-controlled nature of the defect.
Availability impact via stale extent cache corruption in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem driver allows a local low-privileged user to trigger a kernel denial-of-service condition. When an ext4 extent-splitting operation fails mid-execution, stale entries are left in the extent status tree, which can cause subsequent filesystem operations to crash the kernel. No public exploit exists and EPSS probability sits at 0.02% (7th percentile), reflecting this as a stability bug rather than a targeted attack vector. Vendor-released patches are available across all active stable branches.
Counter value underrun in the Linux kernel's netfilter nft_counter subsystem allows a local unprivileged user to corrupt nftables packet and byte counter data through a race condition in concurrent dump-and-reset operations. Two parallel resets can each read the same counter totals and both subtract them, causing the counters to underrun - potentially wrapping unsigned values to astronomically large figures and producing incorrect firewall accounting. No public exploit exists and EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile), consistent with a low-priority correctness defect rather than a targeted security attack vector.
Linux Kernel quota subsystem livelocks the system when quotactl_block() and freeze_super() execute concurrently on non-preemptible kernels, causing 100% CPU consumption and an indefinite hang of the filesystem freeze process. The root cause is a missing scheduling point in quotactl_block()'s retry loop: on kernels with preemption disabled, the spinning loop never yields the CPU, starving synchronize_rcu() of the RCU quiescent state it needs to advance, which in turn blocks freeze_super() from completing. Affected are Linux kernel versions from commit 576215cffdefc1f0ceebffd87abb390926e6b037 onward, on systems using quota-enabled filesystems; no public exploit or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.
Stale unwritten extent retention in the Linux kernel ext4 filesystem's in-memory extent status cache allows a local low-privileged user to trigger filesystem state inconsistency with high availability impact. The flaw manifests in ext4_split_extent() when a PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout operation succeeds but the subsequent split at the first boundary fails due to temporary memory pressure, leaving the extent status tree out of sync with on-disk extent data. Patched stable releases are available; no public exploit or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability sits at 0.02% (5th percentile).
Guest-to-host denial of service in the Linux kernel's xen-netback driver allows a malicious or buggy Xen guest to crash the hypervisor host by writing "0" to the xenbus key multi-queue-num-queues. The connect() function validates only the upper bound of requested_num_queues, permitting a zero value to reach vzalloc(array_size(0, ...)), which triggers WARN_ON_ONCE in __vmalloc_node_range(); on hosts with panic_on_warn=1 this escalates to a full kernel panic. No public exploit exists and EPSS is 0.02% (7th percentile), consistent with a narrow Xen-specific attack surface, but the guest-controlled code path is trivial to trigger and vendor patches have been backported across seven stable kernel series, confirming the impact is real.
Divide-by-zero kernel panic (Oops) in the Linux kernel MPTCP subsystem's `mptcp_rcvbuf_grow()` function can be triggered by a local authenticated user under a rare but specific race condition involving concurrent out-of-order packet arrival and receive buffer initialization. The vulnerability also causes a secondary effect where the MPTCP receive buffer slowly drifts toward the `tcp_rmem[2]` maximum, degrading system performance on MPTCP-heavy workloads. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is 0.02% (4th percentile), consistent with its local-only, race-dependent nature.
Memory leak in the Linux kernel's md/raid1 subsystem allows a local attacker with access to RAID configuration interfaces to gradually exhaust kernel memory by repeatedly triggering the faulty error path in raid1_run(). Affected kernel versions span multiple stable branches prior to 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, and 7.0. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS at 0.02% (5th percentile) and confirmed discovery via static analysis rather than active exploitation signals minimal real-world risk. Vendor-released patches are available across all affected stable branches.
Memory leak in the Linux kernel's af_unix subsystem allows a local low-privileged user to exhaust kernel memory by repeatedly triggering a failure path in unix_stream_connect(). When prepare_peercred() fails after unix_create1() has already allocated a new socket object (newsk), the error path omits the required unix_release_sock() call, leaving kernel memory permanently unreleased. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; EPSS at 0.02% (4th percentile) reflects negligible widespread exploitation likelihood, consistent with the local-only attack vector.
BPF verifier rejection in the Linux kernel's XDP subsystem forces valid BPF programs to fail load-time verification when they pass pointers from BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG maps to the bpf_xdp_store_bytes helper. The root cause is an incorrect argument type annotation - the helper's third argument (source buffer) is declared as ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MEM, which carries the MEM_WRITE flag, causing the verifier to demand write permission on memory that the helper only reads. Separately, this same mistype permits the helper to read from uninitialized memory (CWE-908). No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, and EPSS sits at 0.02%, but kernel patches across all active stable branches have been issued.
Integer underflow in the Linux kernel's AppArmor subsystem (`aa_get_buffer()`) allows a local low-privileged user to cause per-CPU buffer starvation and system-wide denial of service. The `cache->hold` unsigned counter wraps to UINT_MAX when decremented below zero, permanently preventing `aa_put_buffer()` from recycling buffers back to the global pool and forcing repeated `kmalloc(aa_g_path_max)` heap allocations that starve other CPUs. No public exploit exists and EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile); this is not in CISA KEV, but patches are available across multiple stable kernel branches.
Resource leak in the Linux kernel's sca3000 IIO accelerometer driver (sca3000_probe()) allows a local low-privileged user on affected hardware to cause IRQ resource exhaustion by repeatedly triggering the error path where iio_device_register() fails without releasing the IRQ registered via request_threaded_irq(). Affected are Linux kernel versions from approximately 4.10 through multiple stable branches, all of which now have upstream fix commits. No public exploit exists and EPSS stands at 0.02% (7th percentile), indicating this is a robustness/maintenance fix rather than an actively targeted vulnerability.
Memory exhaustion via the MediaTek SVS (Smart Voltage Scaling) debugfs interface in the Linux kernel allows a local attacker with low privileges to leak kernel memory on MediaTek SoC-based systems. The root cause is that `svs_enable_debug_write()` allocates a buffer via `memdup_user_nul()` to copy user-supplied input, but fails to free it when the subsequent `kstrtoint()` call rejects non-integer input - a classic CWE-401 missing-release flaw. No public exploit has been identified and EPSS is 0.02% (7th percentile), making this a low-urgency, patch-when-convenient issue for the narrow device population running affected MediaTek SoC kernels.
PCI/P2PDMA subsystem in the Linux kernel hangs indefinitely on PCI device removal due to a missing percpu_ref_put() call on the error exit path of p2pmem_alloc_mmap(). Low-privileged local users on systems with P2PDMA-capable PCI hardware can trigger a vm_insert_page() failure that leaks a per-CPU pgmap reference, causing memunmap_pages() to stall forever when the PCI device is later removed. No public exploit has been identified and EPSS is at the 5th percentile; this is not in CISA KEV.
Regulator resource leak in the Linux kernel MFD Arizona WM5102 audio codec driver causes availability degradation on affected hardware when the write sequencer error path is triggered. The `wm5102_clear_write_sequencer()` helper returns early on error without jumping to the `err_reset` cleanup label, leaving kernel voltage regulators enabled and leaking resources across repeated invocations. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access on systems with WM5102 hardware; EPSS is 0.02% (7th percentile) and no active exploitation has been identified, placing real-world priority firmly in the low tier.
Denial-of-service via kernel crash in the Linux kernel's netfilter nft_set_rbtree subsystem, exploitable by a local user with nftables manipulation capability. The flaw lies in the partial overlap detection logic for anonymous sets: an optimization that omits end elements for adjacent intervals also inadvertently suppresses overlap checks on start elements, allowing two intervals sharing the same start point (e.g., A-B and A-C where C < B) to be inserted simultaneously, corrupting the red-black tree and triggering a kernel panic. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS score of 0.02% (7th percentile) reflects low real-world exploitation probability, though the vulnerability is present across many long-term stable kernel branches.
Memory exhaustion denial-of-service in the Linux kernel smartpqi SCSI driver allows a local user to degrade system availability through kernel memory leak accumulation. The vulnerability exists in pqi_report_phys_luns(), which fails to release the rpl_list buffer on two distinct error paths - unsupported data format detection and rpl_16byte_wwid_list allocation failure - both of which bypass cleanup logic. No public exploit exists and EPSS sits at 0.02% (7th percentile), but systems running Microsemi/PMC-Sierra SmartPQI RAID controllers on unpatched kernels are at risk of gradual availability degradation.
Resource leak in the Linux kernel's st33zp24 TPM driver allows a low-privileged local user to exhaust TPM localities and deny TPM service on systems equipped with STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 hardware. When get_burstcount() returns -EBUSY on timeout, st33zp24_send() exits without releasing the previously acquired TPM locality, creating a cumulative leak that can render all subsequent TPM operations unavailable. No public exploit code exists and EPSS probability is 0.02% (7th percentile), but systems relying on the ST33ZP24 for measured boot or disk-encryption attestation face meaningful operational risk if exploited.
Memory leaks in the Linux kernel's SUNRPC auth_gss subsystem allow a local low-privilege attacker to gradually exhaust kernel heap memory on systems using NFS with Kerberos (RPCSEC_GSS) authentication. The gssx_dec_ctx(), gssx_dec_status(), and gssx_dec_name() XDR decoding functions fail to release previously allocated kernel buffers when a partial decode sequence errors out mid-function, leaving unreferenced kmemdup() allocations on the heap. No public exploit exists and EPSS is 0.02%, but no public exploit identified at time of analysis; repeated triggering of the vulnerable paths could degrade availability on RPCSEC_GSS-enabled servers.
Reference count leak in the Linux kernel's pinctrl-single driver (`pcs_add_gpio_func()`) allows a local low-privileged user to cause kernel memory exhaustion and denial of service on affected embedded/SoC platforms. The `of_parse_phandle_with_args()` Device Tree API increments a refcount on the returned device_node pointer, but the iterating loop never calls `of_node_put()` to release it - accumulating leaked references on every GPIO phandle processed. No public exploit exists and EPSS is 0.02%, placing this firmly in the low-urgency patch category; exploitation requires specific hardware and driver configuration not present on typical x86 servers.
Uninitialized stack memory exposure in the Linux kernel's MCTP-over-I2C (mctp-i2c) driver affects systems using i2c-aspeed or i2c-npcm7xx bus drivers, particularly server/BMC hardware with Aspeed and Nuvoton chipsets. When a read is performed against an mctp-i2c device instance, the event handler fails to initialize the 'val' byte before returning it to the caller, exposing whatever residual value sits on the kernel stack at that moment. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and with an EPSS of 0.03% (10th percentile), real-world exploitation pressure is currently negligible; however, kernel stack data leakage is a meaningful information disclosure primitive on affected hardware.
Memory leak in the Linux kernel's DesignWare i3c master driver (`drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c`) allows a local low-privileged user on systems equipped with DesignWare i3c hardware to cause gradual kernel memory exhaustion by repeatedly triggering the failure path in `dw_i3c_master_i2c_xfers()`, where `dw_i3c_master_alloc_xfer()` allocates a transfer structure that is never freed when `pm_runtime_resume_and_get()` returns an error. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS of 0.02% (5th percentile) and the static-analysis discovery method both confirm this is a low-immediacy, low-exploitation-probability issue. Vendor-released patches are available across multiple stable kernel branches.
Stale data exposure and filesystem data corruption in the Linux kernel's ext4 extent-splitting subsystem affects all major stable branches prior to 6.6.130, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, and 7.0. When ext4_split_extent_at() encounters a transient ENOSPC condition while splitting a large unwritten extent at its first boundary, the error path incorrectly zeroes out and marks the entire extent as written - leaving stale disk content from adjacent regions readable in areas that should remain unwritten or zero-filled. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS at 0.02% (5th percentile) reflects the narrow, local-only, condition-dependent trigger path that makes automated or widespread exploitation highly unlikely.
Non-NCQ command starvation in the Linux kernel's libata-scsi layer can cause complete denial of service for certain disk I/O operations on systems using multi-queue ATA host adapters. On affected hardware, when a target storage device is under sustained NCQ (Native Command Queuing) traffic, the SCSI layer's SCSI_MLQUEUE_XXX_BUSY requeue mechanism provides no forward-progress guarantees for non-NCQ commands - other CPU cores can continuously inject new NCQ commands from separate submission queues, indefinitely deferring the non-NCQ command. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS probability is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile), but the bug can manifest naturally under heavy I/O workloads without deliberate exploitation.
Kernel panic in the Linux inside-secure/eip93 hardware crypto driver occurs when the driver teardown routine unconditionally unregisters all cryptographic algorithms, including those never registered because the underlying EIP93 silicon does not implement them. Platforms with partial EIP93 silicon support - where only a subset of algorithms are burned into hardware - trigger the panic during module removal or system shutdown. No public exploit exists and EPSS sits at the 4th percentile (0.02%), indicating this is primarily a stability defect with negligible exploitation interest rather than a targeted attack surface.
Incorrect offset handling in the Linux kernel IPVS subsystem causes IPv6 protocol checksum validation to fail when extension headers precede the transport header, disrupting availability on systems acting as IPv6 load balancers. Affected across a broad kernel version range from 2.6.28 onward, with fixes confirmed in stable releases 6.19.4 and mainline 7.0. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been identified; EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile), indicating negligible real-world exploitation pressure.
Reachable assertion in the Linux kernel network subsystem allows a local low-privileged user to trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE by constructing a sufficiently long forward path through IPIP tunnels, resulting in a kernel warning and high availability impact. The root cause (CWE-617) is an assertion in the forward path array access code that became reachable after IPIP tunnel support was introduced, expanding the possible depth of forward paths beyond the implicit assumption encoded in the warning. No public exploit code exists and EPSS is extremely low (0.02%, 7th percentile), but the kernel-level denial-of-service impact on local multi-tenant or containerized systems warrants patching.
Sensitive information disclosure in IBM MQ Operator and IBM-supplied MQ Advanced container images exposes potentially sensitive data written to log files, readable by local users on the host or container system. Affected versions span three release tracks (LTS, CD, SC2) across both the MQ Operator (v2.0.0 through v3.9.1) and a broad range of container image releases from 9.3.x through 9.4.x. The CVSS score of 5.1 with a local attack vector and high complexity rating confines exploitation to users with existing local or container runtime access, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
WORM protection bypass in Samba's vfs_worm VFS module allows authenticated share users to defeat data retention controls by renaming a newly created file over an existing WORM-protected file. Affected users are those operating Samba deployments that have explicitly enabled the vfs_worm module for write-once, read-many data protection - such as compliance, archival, or audit log shares. An attacker with low-privilege write access can silently overwrite files that should be immutable post-grace-period, with high integrity impact (CVSS I:H). No public exploit or CISA KEV listing is identified at time of analysis.
NULL pointer dereference in libusb's USB descriptor parser allows any attacker who can supply a crafted configuration descriptor to crash any application that uses libusb for USB device enumeration. Affected versions are all libusb releases before 1.0.30; the flaw resides in parse_interface() within descriptor.c and is reachable through the public APIs libusb_get_active_config_descriptor and libusb_get_config_descriptor. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis and this CVE does not appear in the CISA KEV catalog, but the availability impact is confirmed high (CVSS 4.0 VA:H) and regression corpus files in the fix commit demonstrate reliable crash reproduction.
Memory leak in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver's ntfs_fill_super() function allows a local user with mount privileges to gradually exhaust kernel memory by repeatedly mounting NTFS filesystems. The ntfs_mount_options structure (32 bytes per mount) is permanently leaked because fc->fs_private is nulled before ntfs_fs_free() can release it, confirmed by kmemleak tooling. No active exploitation has been identified - EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile) and this vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV - making it a maintenance-class fix rather than an urgent security priority, though the availability impact is rated High by CVSS.
Uninitialized memory use in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 filesystem driver (fs/ntfs3) causes a kernel crash when a local, low-privileged user triggers NTFS compression writes under specific folio allocation conditions. The flaw was surfaced by KMSAN (Kernel Memory Sanitizer) in longest_match_std(), called from ntfs_compress_write(), when newly allocated folios are neither marked uptodate nor initialized before use. No public exploit or active exploitation has been identified; EPSS stands at 0.02% (5th percentile), confirming negligible automated attack activity at time of analysis.
Deadlock in the Linux kernel's NTFS3 compressed-file read path (fs/ntfs3) causes indefinite task hang and local denial of service when concurrent readers contend over compressed NTFS frames. The inode mutex (ni_lock) and VFS page locks are acquired in inverted order across two concurrent tasks - a classic ABBA deadlock first surfaced by Syzbot. Versions prior to 6.19.4 (stable) and 7.0 (mainline) are affected; no public exploit or active exploitation has been identified, and the EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) reflects the narrow, configuration-specific conditions required.
Out-of-bounds stack read in the Linux kernel's IMA (Integrity Measurement Architecture) subsystem, in ima_appraise_measurement() reached via is_bprm_creds_for_exec(), affecting kernels from the 6.14 series up to the fixed stable commits. A misuse of container_of() on a *file pointer computes an invalid stack offset, letting a local execution path read one byte past a stack frame object (flagged by KASAN), which can disclose adjacent stack data or crash the task. EPSS is very low (0.02%, 5th percentile), the CVE is not on CISA KEV, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the issue is patched upstream.
Networking denial of service in the Linux kernel's Smack LSM disrupts IPv4 connectivity for all processes carrying non-ambient Smack labels when a previously-used CIPSO DOI value is cycled through /smack/doi. The kernel's smk_cipso_doi function retains decommissioned DOI definitions in netlabel's CIPSO configuration, causing re-add operations to fail with EEXIST (-17); this prevents the default IPv4 domain mapping from being re-established, silently severing label-based network traffic. No public exploit code is identified and EPSS sits at 0.02% (7th percentile), reflecting the very narrow deployment surface - only systems with Smack as the active LSM and CIPSO networking configured are affected.
Race condition in the Linux kernel's accel/amdxdna driver allows a local low-privileged user to cause device availability impact on systems equipped with AMD XDna AI accelerator hardware. The flaw in the rpm_on flag check permits command submissions to the accelerator during a narrow autosuspend transition window before the device has fully resumed, producing undefined hardware behavior or driver crashes. No public exploit exists and EPSS is at the 6th percentile (0.02%), indicating negligible real-world exploitation probability; no active exploitation is confirmed.
IBM QRadar 7.5.0 through 7.5.0 UP15 Interim Fix 002 could allow a privileged user to upload a malicious backup archive that could be restored and used to gain access to the underlying operating. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.5.0, 1.3.5.1, 1.3.5.2, 1.3.5.3, 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1, 1.3.7.0, 1.3.7.1, 1.3.7.2, and 1.3.8.0, 1.3.8.1, 1.3.8.2, 1.3.8.3, 1.3.8.4 IBM SmartCloud Analytics - Log. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
IBM SDI 7.2.0.0 through 7.2.0.14 and IBM Security Directory Integrator 10.0.0.0 through 10.0.0.2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Incorrect ARP payload parsing in the Linux kernel's netfilter arptables subsystem causes filtering rules to evaluate against garbage data on systems with IEEE1394 (FireWire) network interfaces. The arp_packet_match() function and arpt_mangle both assume a standard dual-hardware-address ARP layout, but IPv4-over-IEEE1394 per RFC 2734 omits the target hardware address field - the same discrepancy the rest of the kernel ARP stack already handles correctly. The result is that arptables rules on FireWire interfaces silently malfunction: legitimate traffic may be dropped and traffic that should be blocked may be passed, with arpt_mangle additionally writing to wrong offsets and corrupting packets. No public exploit has been identified and EPSS is 0.02% (6th percentile), consistent with the extremely niche attack surface.
Unauthenticated manipulation of hidden input fields in Ads by WPQuads WordPress plugin (versions through 3.0.2) allows remote attackers to bypass input validation controls, producing low-severity integrity and availability impact. The root cause is CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input), enabling attackers to supply out-of-range or unexpected quantity values that the plugin fails to reject. EPSS is 0.06% (18th percentile), no public exploit code has been identified, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, placing this firmly in lower-priority triage.
Input data manipulation in the Ads by WPQuads WordPress plugin (slug: quick-adsense-reloaded) versions up to and including 3.0.2 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to submit improperly validated input, resulting in low-impact integrity and availability degradation. Discovered and reported by Patchstack (audit@patchstack.com) and tracked under ENISA EUVD-2026-32183, this vulnerability carries a CVSS 6.5 base score. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS places exploitation probability at just 0.06% (18th percentile), indicating low real-world exploitation pressure currently.
Trust-store poisoning in Samba's certificate auto-enrollment lets an adjacent-network attacker install an attacker-controlled CA certificate when auto-enrollment is enabled. Because Samba retrieves the CA certificate over plaintext HTTP and adds it to the local trust store without verifying authenticity, a man-in-the-middle can have a rogue CA trusted system-wide, enabling interception or spoofing of otherwise trusted TLS communications. The issue carries CVSS 8.0 with high confidentiality and integrity impact and a changed scope; EPSS is 0.00% and no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Arbitrary file read in the Xpro Elementor Addons - Pro WordPress plugin (versions ≤1.4.7) allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access to retrieve the contents of any file readable by the web server process, including credential-bearing files such as wp-config.php. The vulnerability originates in the Draw SVG widget, which passes user-controlled input to a server-side file read operation without adequate path restriction (CWE-73). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and CISA has not added this to the KEV catalog; however, successful exploitation fully compromises the confidentiality of server-side data.
Sensitive data exposure in the GenerateBlocks WordPress plugin (versions through 2.1.0) allows authenticated low-privilege users to retrieve embedded sensitive information via network requests. The vulnerability, classified under CWE-201, means the plugin inserts sensitive data into outbound responses where it can be intercepted or retrieved by parties with basic WordPress authentication. No public exploit code exists and CISA has not listed this in KEV, though the high confidentiality impact (CVSS C:H) indicates meaningful data leakage potential if exploited against unpatched installations.
Volume encryption in Synology Storage Manager before version 1.0.1-1100 transmits sensitive data via HTTP GET query strings, exposing encryption-related secrets to local attackers who can access web server logs, browser history, or other locally readable URL artifacts. The flaw (CWE-598) requires no privileges or user interaction beyond local system presence, and carries a High confidentiality impact rating because credentials or passphrases associated with volume encryption may be recoverable from logged GET requests. No public exploit exists and EPSS sits at the 1st percentile, indicating no widespread exploitation activity at time of analysis.
Synology Assistant before version 7.0.6-50085 exposes local users to arbitrary file write with restricted content via an origin validation error triggered during the installation process. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H) indicates that while integrity impact is limited, availability impact is rated High - meaning an attacker can corrupt or overwrite files in ways that destabilize the system, even though the written content is constrained. No public exploit code exists and CISA has not added this to KEV; EPSS stands at 0.00%, reflecting minimal observed exploitation interest.
Synology Active Backup for Business Agent before version 3.1.0-4967 contains an origin validation error (CWE-346) that permits local users to write arbitrary files with restricted content during the installation process, resulting in high availability impact and limited integrity compromise. The CVSS vector (AV:L/PR:N/UI:R) indicates exploitation requires local system access and user interaction - specifically, the installation must be in progress. No public exploit code has been identified and EPSS sits at 0.00%, aligning with SSVC's 'exploitation: none' assessment, indicating this is a low-urgency but legitimate local privilege abuse risk during deployment windows.
Credential disclosure in Synology C2 Identity Edge Server (DSM versions before 1.76.0-0307) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to retrieve user credentials directly from the edge server over the network. The flaw stems from an exposed dangerous method/function (CWE-749) reachable without authentication, yielding a high-confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS scores it at the bottom 7th percentile, indicating low near-term exploitation likelihood despite the network-reachable vector.
Arbitrary file write with restricted content in Synology ActiveProtect Agent before 1.1.0-0439 is exploitable by local users during the installation process due to an origin validation error (CWE-346). The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R) indicates a low-complexity local attack requiring user interaction - consistent with exploitation during an installation workflow - and scores high on availability impact (A:H) while integrity impact is limited (I:L), suggesting the file write can disrupt system stability despite content restrictions. No public exploit code exists and CISA SSVC rates exploitation as none with partial technical impact.
Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability in IPSpeaker component in Synology Surveillance Station before 9.2.2-11575 and 9.2.2-9575 allows remote authenticated users with administrator. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Improper preservation of permissions vulnerability in Archiving Push functionality in Synology Surveillance Station before 9.2.2-11575 and 9.2.2-9575 allows remote authenticated users with. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in Export Key functionality in Synology Surveillance Station before 9.2.2-11575 and 9.2.2-9575 allows remote authenticated users with. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.
Files or directories accessible to external parties vulnerability in redis-server component in Synology BeeDrive for desktop before 1.3.2-13814 allows local users to conduct denial-of-service attacks. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
Plaintext credential exposure in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics allows authenticated network users to retrieve Hadoop cluster credentials via the Cluster Test API response. Affected versions span the 8.3.x, 9.3.x, and 10.x lines up to 10.2.0.6, as well as all pre-11.0.0.0 builds in the 11.x line. The vendor acknowledges partial self-mitigation: because the Cluster Test API is only accessible to users who already hold sufficient privileges to submit Hadoop jobs via the backend API, the incremental credential exposure is constrained - though the plaintext disclosure still enables credential harvesting for lateral movement or offline use. No public exploit code exists and EPSS is negligible at time of analysis.
Missing ACL enforcement on Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics API endpoints allows authenticated low-privileged users to interact with platform mail notification resources without authorization. Affected versions span the 8.3.x, 9.3.x, and pre-10.2.0.6/11.0.0.0 release lines. An attacker with a valid low-privilege account can read, modify, or disrupt mail notification configurations, resulting in limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.
Uncaught exception in IO::Uncompress::Unzip before version 2.215 for Perl causes application-level denial of service when parsing ZIP files containing malformed DOS date fields. The `_dosToUnixTime()` function calls `Time::Local::timelocal()` without an `eval` guard, so a ZIP header encoding an out-of-range month, day, or hour causes `timelocal()` to `die`, propagating the exception to the caller rather than returning `undef` with a populated `$UnzipError` as callers expect. Any Perl application that processes untrusted ZIP files locally is affected; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability is negligible at 0.02%.
Weak password recovery in QianFox FoxCMS versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.6 exposes the admin panel's account recovery flow to abuse by authenticated administrators via a remotely accessible network vector. Publicly available exploit code exists (CVSS E:P), though the requirement for high privileges (PR:H) substantially constrains real-world impact, corroborated by an EPSS score of just 0.03% (11th percentile) and no CISA KEV listing. The vendor was notified via a GitHub issue report but has not responded, leaving all affected versions unpatched at time of analysis.
Proxy-Authorization header leakage in @hapi/wreck exposes forward-proxy credentials when redirect following is enabled and a 3xx response targets a different hostname. Prior to version 18.1.1, only Authorization and Cookie headers were stripped on cross-hostname redirects; the Proxy-Authorization header was forwarded intact to the redirect target, which may be an untrusted host outside the original trust boundary. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but the impact is concrete credential exposure for any Node.js application using @hapi/wreck with redirect following explicitly enabled.
Prototype-chain property leakage in LiquidJS (npm/liquidjs <= 10.25.7) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read prototype-chain properties of JavaScript objects passed to a {% render %} partial, even when the caller explicitly invoked parseAndRender() with { ownPropertyOnly: true } to lock down the render. The root cause is Context.spawn() failing to propagate the resolved per-render ownPropertyOnly value to child contexts, silently discarding a documented security override. A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit exists demonstrating that top-level {{ user.passwordHash }} is correctly blocked while the identical expression inside a {% render %} partial returns the sensitive value; no vendor-released patch is available at time of analysis.
Insecure PRNG fallback in Crypt::ScryptKDF for Perl (versions through 0.010) exposes applications to cryptographically weak random byte generation when none of five recognized CSPRNG modules are installed. The `random_bytes` function silently degrades to Perl's built-in `rand()`, which is not a cryptographically secure source, potentially weakening scrypt-derived salts or keys in password hashing and key derivation workflows. No public exploit is identified and EPSS is 0.02% (4th percentile), but the cryptographic impact in minimally-configured Perl environments could be severe, as predictable salts dramatically reduce the cost of offline attacks against derived key material.
Silent cryptographic key failure in Netty's OHTTP codec exposes HPKE response encryption to full key prediction. When HKDF_expand or EVP_HPKE_CTX_export fails internally, the library returns a zero-filled byte array rather than propagating the error, and that all-zero material is consumed directly by OHttpCrypto.createResponseAEAD() without any validation. Any OHTTP response encrypted under a failure-induced all-zero AEAD key is fully decryptable by any attacker who knows this behavior exists - the key is deterministic and universal. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and this CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.
Out-of-bounds read in Apple macOS (all versions prior to macOS Tahoe 26) allows a locally authenticated, low-privileged application to trigger unexpected system termination, constituting a local denial-of-service condition. The root cause is insufficient bounds checking in a macOS component, addressed by Apple in macOS Tahoe 26. No public exploit code exists and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, though a vendor-confirmed patch is available.
Incorrect permission assignment (CWE-732) in Apple macOS allows a locally-running app to modify protected parts of the file system without authorization. Affected are macOS Sonoma prior to 14.8, macOS Sequoia prior to 15.7, and macOS Tahoe prior to 26, covering three active macOS release trains simultaneously. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N, I:H) confirms that a low-privileged local app can achieve high-integrity writes to restricted file system regions with no user interaction required; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.
Local privilege escalation in Apple macOS allows a malicious or compromised application to win a race condition (CWE-362) and elevate from a normal user context to root. The flaw affects macOS releases prior to Sequoia 15.7 and Tahoe 26, was reported by Apple itself, and is resolved by additional validation in the patched builds. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS 7.0 rating reflects high attack complexity tied to reliably hitting the timing window.
Information exposure via verbose SQL error messages in SourceCodester CET Automated Grading System with AI Predictive Analytics 1.0 enables authenticated remote attackers to harvest internal database details by manipulating the /index.php SQL Handler endpoint. The application returns raw SQL error output rather than sanitized application-level messages, leaking schema structure, table names, or query internals. A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub; this CVE is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and the CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 reflects the low-severity, confidentiality-only impact.
Improper access control in JeecgBoot versions up to 3.9.1 allows low-privileged authenticated remote users to interact with the /sys/comment/add endpoint beyond their assigned permission level, resulting in low-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects. The CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 reflects a narrow blast radius with no subsequent system compromise, but a publicly available proof-of-concept (E:P) elevates the likelihood of opportunistic exploitation on internet-facing deployments. No active exploitation has been confirmed by CISA KEV at time of analysis.
MaxKB, an open-source enterprise AI assistant by 1Panel-dev, stores user passwords as unsalted MD5 hashes, exposing all user credentials to trivial offline cracking upon any database compromise. All versions prior to 2.9.1 are affected (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:1panel-dev:maxkb). The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:L/VC:H) confirms that while local or database-level access is a prerequisite, once hashes are obtained, full credential recovery is practically guaranteed using rainbow tables or GPU-accelerated tools such as hashcat - no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV.
Memory leak in GPAC MP4Box up to version 2.4.0 allows a local, low-privileged attacker to exhaust process memory by supplying a crafted MP4 file that triggers the vulnerable `Media_GetSample` function in `src/isomedia/media.c`. The root cause is a missing zero-size guard before memory allocation when the `cat` argument is manipulated to produce a zero-sum of `data_size` and `padding_bytes`. A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit (poc.zip) exists, but the CVSS 4.0 score of 1.9, EPSS of 0.01% (2nd percentile), and strictly local attack vector collectively indicate very low real-world risk; no active exploitation has been identified.
Out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager exposes virtualized GPU deployments to denial of service, data tampering, and information disclosure. A local, low-privileged attacker operating within a virtualized environment can trigger the memory corruption flaw in the host-side vGPU manager component across multiple affected driver branches (vGPU 16.x through 20.x). No public exploit code exists at time of analysis, and EPSS probability is at the 2nd percentile, but the high availability impact (A:H in CVSS) and the prevalence of vGPU in enterprise virtualization infrastructure warrant prompt patching.
Race condition in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux allows a high-privileged local attacker to leak sensitive kernel or process memory, producing limited information disclosure alongside potential data tampering and denial of service. Affected product lines span GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, and Tesla GPU families running Linux driver branches prior to 580.159.03 or 595.71.05. No public exploit code exists and this vulnerability is absent from the CISA KEV catalog; an EPSS of 0.01% (1st percentile) and SSVC classification of Exploitation: none together place it at the lowest tier of real-world exploitation priority.
Pre-Account Takeover in Chatwoot's OmniAuth integration affects all releases from 2.14.0 through 4.12.x, allowing an attacker who pre-registers a victim's email address to retain persistent login access after the legitimate owner authenticates via Google OAuth. The OAuth callback controller failed to invalidate attacker-set password credentials when confirming a pre-existing unconfirmed account, leaving the attacker's session viable indefinitely. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is 0.04% (12th percentile), consistent with SSVC's 'Exploitation: none' finding, though SSVC rates technical impact as 'total' given the attacker gains full workspace access including PII, API keys, and conversation history.
Stack exhaustion in Autodesk 3ds Max 2026 and 2027 can be triggered by opening a maliciously crafted WRL (VRML) file, causing an application crash and denial-of-service condition for the affected user. Exploitation requires local access and deliberate user interaction - a victim must be socially engineered into opening the weaponized file. No active exploitation is identified; EPSS sits at 0.00% and SSVC exploitation status is confirmed none, placing real-world risk well below what the moderate CVSS score of 5.5 might initially suggest.
IBM watsonx.data (IBM Lakehouse) versions 2.2 through 2.3.1 fails to properly restrict inbound and outbound network connections, enabling authenticated low-privilege attackers to transfer or modify files without appropriate authorization controls. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.4 with network reachability and low attack complexity, though EPSS probability sits at just 0.02% (7th percentile) and SSVC assessment confirms no active exploitation. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and a vendor-released patch is available via IBM's support portal.
IBM Db2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows - versions 11.5.0 through 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.4, including DB2 Connect Server - writes potentially sensitive information into log files readable by local OS users, creating an insider-threat-class confidentiality exposure. The CVSS confidentiality impact is rated High (C:H), but the attack is strictly local (AV:L) and requires only a standard low-privilege OS account (PR:L), making this a post-access or insider-threat scenario rather than an internet-facing risk. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, EPSS sits at the 2nd percentile (0.01%), and CISA SSVC records no active exploitation - IBM has released a patch addressed in advisory https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7273554.
Unvalidated jarURI handling in Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator exposes authenticated low-privilege users to server-side request forgery and arbitrary file read primitives against the operator pod. Any Kubernetes principal holding Custom Resource create permissions can submit a malicious FlinkSessionJob CR with a crafted jarURI - pointing to local filesystem paths, internal cloud metadata endpoints, link-local addresses, or any backing store reachable through Flink's pluggable filesystem layer - and retrieve that content via the submitted job. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS sits at 0.01% (3rd percentile), but the confidentiality impact is rated High by NVD given the breadth of accessible internal resources.
Business logic abuse in ZTE ZXUniPOS NDS-LTE (versions V24.40.40 and V24.30.40CP02) allows a highly privileged authenticated network attacker to manipulate legitimate application functions in ways unintended by the designer, yielding limited integrity and availability degradation. The CVSS score of 3.8 (Low) combined with an EPSS exploitation probability of 0.03% (7th percentile) and SSVC exploitation status of 'none' collectively indicate minimal immediate real-world threat. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis.
Password field masking is absent in Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer, Ops Center Analyzer viewpoint, and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, exposing plaintext credentials to anyone with physical or visual access to the UI. Affected components include the detail view, probe modules, and Analytics probe modules across a wide version range. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS score of 0.02% (4th percentile) reflects negligible automated exploitation probability.
Out-of-bounds read in GNU LibreDWG's read_2004_compressed_section function (src/decode.c) affects all versions through 0.14, allowing a local low-privileged attacker to crash the dwgbmp utility or any LibreDWG-based application by supplying a crafted DWG 2004 file with manipulated section address or size fields. Impact is limited to availability (application crash) with no confirmed confidentiality or integrity exposure per the CVSS 4.0 vector. A publicly available proof-of-concept DWG file exists on GitHub, but EPSS at 0.01% (2nd percentile) and no CISA KEV listing confirm this is not currently subject to widespread exploitation.
Improper type validation in fraillt bitsery's smart pointer deserialization extension exposes applications that process attacker-controlled serialized data to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. The vulnerable function loadFromSharedState in include/bitsery/ext/std_smart_ptr.h fails to validate polymorphic type identity before performing reinterpret_cast operations, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to supply crafted serialized input that triggers unsafe memory access. A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit exists (GitHub gist), though EPSS remains very low at 0.07% (21st percentile) and this CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, suggesting no observed widespread exploitation at time of analysis.
Physical-access PIN lock bypass in AppLockZ 4.2.11 for Android exposes protected applications to unauthorized access without valid credentials. The root cause is architectural: the lock mechanism is implemented as a UI overlay rather than through Android's secure authentication APIs, leaving it vulnerable to circumvention via exposed activity routes reachable through advertisement or browser intents. An attacker with physical possession of the device can navigate cascading interface flows to evade lockscreen verification and access apps protected by AppLockZ (e.g., Chrome), resulting in information disclosure. No active exploitation is confirmed in CISA KEV, and the EPSS score of 0.04% reflects minimal real-world exploitation probability at this time.