Quick answers
- Is CVE-2025-41280 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-41280 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2025-41280?
- Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 29 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Waterfall Security Solutions WF-500 RX Host 7.9.1.0 R2502171040.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-41280?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2025-41280 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2025-41280?
- Check whether you run Waterfall Security Solutions WF-500 RX Host at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A Relative Path Traversal (Zip Slip) vulnerability exists in the Waterfall WF-500 RX Host version 7.9.1.0 R2502171040. The flaw is classified as CWE-23 and occurs when file compression is enabled and a MySQL connector is configured. An attacker who has already gained access to the TX (Transmit) Host can craft a malicious compressed archive that, when processed by the RX (Receive) Host, writes files to arbitrary locations outside the intended directory. This path traversal can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on the RX Host. The attack vector is local in the context of the gateway's internal communication architecture.
Affected products
- Waterfall Security Solutions WF-500 RX Host 7.9.1.0 R2502171040
Timeline
- 2026-05-29: disclosed: Initial advisory publication by Nozomi Networks Labs
- 2026-05-29: advisory: NVD record created