The HCL DFMPro, DFXAnalytics and DFXServer installers are affected by ‘Insecure file permissions Leading to Privilege Escalation’ vulnerability, which enables any logged-in non-administrative user to overwrite or replace the executable file with a malicious binary.
CVE-2025-59866
LOWPre-NVD 3.33.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
3.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 3.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.3
- EG Score
- 3.3(high)
- EG Risk
- 15(Track)EG Risk 15/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity33% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 0.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 17, 2026
Last Modified
July 17, 2026
References (1)
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-59866(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 8× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 03:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-17 18:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-17 18:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-17 17:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-17 17:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2025-59866?
CVE-2025-59866 is a low vulnerability published on July 17, 2026. The HCL DFMPro, DFXAnalytics and DFXServer installers are affected by ‘Insecure file permissions Leading to Privilege Escalation’ vulnerability, which enables any logged-in non-administrative user to overwrite or replace the executable file with a malicious binary.
When was CVE-2025-59866 disclosed?
CVE-2025-59866 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-59866 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-59866 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-59866?
CVE-2025-59866 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-59866?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-59866, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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