CVE-2025-40898 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-40898

Path traversal in Import Arc data archive functionality in Guardian/CMC before 25.5.0

Vulnerability Description

A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in the Import Arc data archive functionality due to insufficient validation of the input file. An authenticated user with limited privileges, by uploading a specifically-crafted Arc data archive, can potentially write arbitrary files in arbitrary paths, altering the device configuration and/or affecting its availability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was found by Andrea Palanca of Nozomi Networks Product Security team during an internal investigation.

Affected Vendor

Nozomi Networks

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Affected Software

Guardian, CMC
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 18th, 2025
Last Modified: June 9th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)