critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2025-42599Qualitia Active! mail — stack overflow from a crafted request

Active! mail 6 up to build 6.60.05008561 overflows a stack buffer on a crafted request, so an unauthenticated attacker runs code on the mail server or simply takes it down.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply the Qualitia update for this now; the mail server is internet-facing by design, so patch it before the next scan finds it.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
3%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2025-04-18
Added to KEV
2025-04-28
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the mail service; no credentials needed.

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2025-42599 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24