Root privilege escalation via loopback upload bypass
Published Sep 17, 2025 · Updated Sep 17, 2025
Improper privilege management in ZimaOS 1.4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root access through the uploadV2 endpoint. The endpoint skips its web-token check for IPv4 or IPv6 loopback requests and writes uploaded files with root privileges. A nonprivileged account with local shell access can place a sudoers rule under /etc/sudoers.d and then execute commands as root.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in ZimaOS 1.4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root access through the uploadV2 endpoint. The endpoint skips its web-token check for IPv4 or IPv6 loopback requests and writes uploaded files with root privileges. A nonprivileged account with local shell access can place a sudoers rule under /etc/sudoers.d and then execute commands as root.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-58432
- Published
- Sep 17, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2025
- Vendor
- IceWhale Technology Limited
- Product
- ZimaOS
- Classifications
- CWE-269, CWE-250, T1548.003
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=<= 1.4.1
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Public exploit references
- GitHub advisory sudoers-upload proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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