CVE-2025-62876

MEDIUMNVD 5.3

5.3

A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root.This issue affects lightdm-kde-greeter. before 6.0.4.

CVSS v3: 5.3
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 6.2%
KEV: Not listed

Published

November 12, 2025

Last Modified

April 15, 2026

References (2)

meissner@susehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-62876
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/17/4

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-62876?

CVE-2025-62876 is a medium vulnerability published on November 12, 2025. A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root.This issue affects lightdm-kde-greeter. before 6.0.4.

When was CVE-2025-62876 disclosed?

CVE-2025-62876 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 12, 2025, with the most recent update on April 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-62876 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-62876 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 6.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-62876?

CVE-2025-62876 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 0.0.

How do I remediate CVE-2025-62876?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-62876, 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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