Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-29266

Published
31 March 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 9.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0041 34th percentile
Risk Priority 71 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-29266 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name (CWE-289) vulnerability in Unraid WebGUI (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-2 (Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)) and IA-4 (Identifier Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

Unraid OS versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.0 are affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability that grants remote attackers unauthenticated root access to the WebGUI and web console. The flaw is triggered specifically when a container runs in Host networking mode with the Use Tailscale option enabled, allowing the condition to expose management interfaces without requiring credentials. The issue is tracked as CWE-289 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6.

An attacker positioned on the same network segment can reach the exposed interfaces and obtain full administrative control over the Unraid system, including the ability to execute arbitrary commands via the web console. No user interaction or prior authentication is needed once the container networking condition exists, enabling straightforward remote compromise of affected hosts.

The official Unraid 7.0.1 release notes and associated advisories direct administrators to upgrade immediately from any 7.0.0 release. The patch eliminates the authentication bypass for Tailscale-enabled Host-mode containers. The associated EPSS scores remain low, with a current value of 0.0109 and a peak of 0.0210.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A07:2025 Authentication Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Unraid 7.0.0 before 7.0.1 allows remote users to access the Unraid WebGUI and web console as root without authentication if a container is running in Host networking mode with Use Tailscale enabled.

CWE(s)
CWE-289

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-56511Shared CWE-289
CVE-2026-9701Shared CWE-289
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CVE-2025-13613Shared CWE-289
CVE-2026-24058Shared CWE-289
CVE-2026-43617Shared CWE-289
CVE-2025-14777Shared CWE-289
CVE-2023-38487Shared CWE-289
CVE-2026-23903Shared CWE-289
CVE-2023-51663Shared CWE-289

Affected Assets

Unraid
WebGUI
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 8 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V8.3.3
  • V10.3.2
  • V6.4.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) good match

Requiring unique identification and authentication of users forces the system to resolve all name variants to a single identity before access is granted.

IA-4 Identifier Management good match

Identifier management directly requires authorization and uniqueness checks that eliminate alternate-name aliases for the same actor or resource.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-03 mostly match
prevents

Strong authentication mechanisms directly prevent name-based bypass when they enforce canonical name checks.

PR.AA-01 partial match
prevents

Proper identity management reduces alternate-name collisions but does not guarantee canonicalization inside the auth decision.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Authorization policy enforcement assumes correct identity; the weakness occurs before policy is applied.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.15 Access control partial match
prevents

Access-control policy can mandate canonical-name checks but does not prescribe the technical implementation.

A.5.16 Identity management partial match
prevents

Identity-management processes can require unique, canonical identifiers, reducing alternate-name bypass risk.

A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
degrades

Proper management of authentication credentials can include rules against duplicate or alias identities.

A.5.18 Access rights partial match
prevents

Access-rights provisioning can enforce canonical-name validation when granting rights.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
prevents

Information-access-restriction mechanisms can implement canonical-name checks to prevent bypass.

A.8.5 Secure authentication partial match
prevents

Secure-authentication controls can require canonical identifiers and reject alternate names.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248538 OL 8 operating systems booted with United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) must have a unique name for the grub superusers account when booting into single-user mode and maintenance. prevents CWE-289
RHEL 7 (1 rule)
  • V-244558 Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems version 7.2 or newer booted with United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) must have a unique name for the grub superusers account when booting into single-user mode and maintenance. prevents CWE-289

References