| Name | CVE-2025-26794 |
| Description | Exim 4.98 before 4.98.1, when SQLite hints and ETRN serialization are used, allows remote SQL injection. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| exim4 (PTS) | bullseye | 4.94.2-7+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.94.2-7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.96-15+deb12u6 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 4.96-15+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.98-3 | vulnerable |
| sid | 4.98-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| exim4 | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| exim4 | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| exim4 | source | (unstable) | 4.98-4 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - exim4 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - exim4 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Debian binaries do not yet use sqlite for for the hints DB as of up to
Version at least 4.98-3.
Fixed by: https://code.exim.org/exim/exim/commit/bfe32b5c6ea033736a26da8421513206db9fe305 (exim-4.98.1)
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2025-26794.txt