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High · 7.5 Public exploit CVE-2025-26794 EUVD-2025-4451GHSA-v8m7-99rg-xp5c

Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization are used, allows remote SQL injection. (Resolving SQL injection requires …

Published Feb 21, 2025 · Updated Dec 18, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Vendor: Exim Product: Exim Package: exim4 Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization are used, allows remote SQL injection. (Resolving SQL injection requires an update to 4.99.1 in certain non-default rate-limit configurations.)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Exim Exim 4.98 – < 4.98.1 4.98.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 exim4 4.98-4 —
Debian 13 exim4 4.98-4 —

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed exim 4.98.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14935-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 3 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 3

References