CVE-2025-43921
Publication date 20 April 2025
Last updated 2 March 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
GNU Mailman 2.1.39, as bundled in cPanel (and WHM), allows unauthenticated attackers to create lists via the /mailman/create endpoint. NOTE: multiple third parties report that they are unable to reproduce this, regardless of whether cPanel or WHM is used.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| mailman | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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Notes
john-breton
This CVE targets code that simply isn't present in the Mailman versions distributed in Ubuntu. It seems to only affect the fork of Mailman distributed by cPanel.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.3 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |