Is CVE-2025-53868 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-53868 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-53868?

CVE-2025-53868 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-53868?

CVE-2025-53868 has an EPSS score of 0.41% (32th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-53868

HIGH

8.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

When running in Appliance mode, a highly privileged authenticated attacker with access to SCP and SFTP may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions using undisclosed commands. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

CWE-78OS Command Injection

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000151902

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-02-04.