🛡️ CVE-2025-21396 — account

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-21396 is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. No authorisation check is performed before carrying out a restricted action.

Affected software

CVE-2025-21396 is recorded against 1 package.

• account

Timeline and source

Published on 29 January 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com

Other advisories for this package

account has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-56165 (9.8 Critical, published 24 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-20994 (6.1 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
• CVE-2026-21264 (9.3 Critical, published 22 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2025-58487 (4.0 Medium, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-58486 (4.0 Medium, published 2 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-21076 (5.5 Medium, published 5 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2023-21481 (5.4 Medium, published 3 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2024-20841 (5.1 Medium, published 5 Mar 2024)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-862: Missing Authorization) in other software:

• CVE-2014-0167 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-0932 (6.5 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-23752 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2024-24709 (4.3 Medium, published 17 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-32959 (4.3 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-25969 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-42479 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-45813 (5.4 Medium, published 11 Jun 2026)

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