# CVE-2025-53106: Graylog vulnerable to privilege escalation through API tokens

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-53106-graylog-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-through-api-tokens  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-06-30  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-53106 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-06-30

Graylog vulnerable to privilege escalation through API tokens

Technologies: [org.graylog2:graylog2-server (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-graylog2-graylog2-server). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-53106 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-53106 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-53106?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 30 June 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.graylog2:graylog2-server (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.2.0,fixed=6.2.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-53106?** Yes. org.graylog2:graylog2-server (Maven): upgrade to 6.2.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-53106?** Check whether you run org.graylog2:graylog2-server (Maven) 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.

## How to fix

- org.graylog2:graylog2-server (Maven): upgrade to 6.2.4 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.graylog2:graylog2-server to 6.2.4 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.graylog2:graylog2-server (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=6.2.0,fixed=6.2.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-53106
- GHSA-3m86-c9x3-vwm9

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