CVE-2025-68456: Craft CMS

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. In versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.8.20 and 3.0.0 through 4.16.16, unauthenticated users can trigger database backup operations via specific admin actions, potentially leading to resource exhaustion or information disclosure. Users should update to the patched versions (5.8.21 and 4.16.17) to mitigate the issue. Craft 3 users should update to the latest Craft 4 and 5 releases, which include the fixes.

Affected products

• Craft CMS Craft CMS: from 3.0.0, before 4.16.17 (fixed in 4.16.17); from 5.0.1, before 5.8.21 (fixed in 5.8.21); version 5.0.0 only

Published 2026-01-05. Last modified 2026-10-07.