Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-61028 is a denial-of-service issue in OpenLink Virtuoso OpenSource 7.2.11. A remote attacker could send crafted SQL statements that make the service unavailable. The public metadata rates this high because availability impact is complete, but the provided sources do not confirm data theft, data modification, or active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority availability risk for any exposed Virtuoso 7.2.11 deployment. It is less urgent for isolated, non-production, or tightly access-controlled systems, but teams should verify exposure quickly because the attack requires no privileges according to CVSS.
Technical view
The issue is reported in the time_t_to_dt component of virtuoso-opensource v7.2.11. CVSS 3.1 is 7.5 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and availability-only impact. The record maps to CWE-770 and CWE-89, but affected-package metadata is incomplete.
Likely exposure
Likely exposure is limited to organizations running OpenLink Virtuoso OpenSource 7.2.11, especially where SQL access is reachable from untrusted users or networks. The source bundle’s normalized affected vendor/product fields are marked n/a, so asset confirmation is required.
Exploitation context
The bundle states exploitation is through crafted SQL statements causing DoS. KEV is false, and no provided source confirms active exploitation in the wild. A public GitHub issue and Red Hat tracking entries exist, but the bundle does not provide exploit maturity details.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sufficient for a high-level DoS assessment, but incomplete for precise product packaging and remediation. The affected block is n/a despite the description naming virtuoso-opensource v7.2.11. No patch, workaround, or active exploitation claim is present in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Virtuoso OpenSource deployments and confirm whether version 7.2.11 is present.
- Check OpenLink, Red Hat, and distribution guidance for patches or supported mitigations.
- Restrict SQL service exposure to trusted networks and authenticated users where possible.
- Monitor database availability, crashes, restarts, and abnormal SQL error patterns.
- Prioritize remediation for internet-facing or multi-tenant Virtuoso instances.
Validation and detection
- Verify installed Virtuoso versions against the CVE description and vendor advisories.
- Review network paths to SQL interfaces for untrusted or public reachability.
- Check Red Hat VEX and Bugzilla status for your specific platform packaging.
- Confirm monitoring captures service restarts, failed queries, and availability degradation.
- Use safe staging validation only; avoid reproducing denial-of-service on production systems.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
2 official scoresWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6redhat-SADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
Timeline events are normalized from CVE metadata, CNA source timelines, ADP timelines, and KEV metadata when present.
- CVE reservedCVE Program
The CVE ID was reserved by the assigning CNA.
- ADP timelineredhat-SADP
Made public.
- CVE publishedCVE Program
The CVE record was published.
- ADP timelineredhat-SADP
Reported to Red Hat.
- CVE updatedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
- 2026-06-23T17:04:05.877Z: Reported to Red Hat.
- 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z: Made public.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource/issues/1233CVE reference, mitre
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61028CVE reference, redhat-SADP · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2491830CVE reference, redhat-SADP · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-61028.jsonCVE reference, redhat-SADP · x_sadp-csaf-vex
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.