neo4j Enterprise Edition up to 5.26.16/2025.11.1 information exposure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in neo4j Enterprise Edition up to 5.26.16/2025.11.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to information exposure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-12738. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in neo4j Enterprise Edition up to 5.26.16/2025.11.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-209. The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Neo4j Enterprise edition versions prior to 2025.11.2 and 5.26.17 are vulnerable to a potential information disclosure by an attacker who has some legitimate access to the database. The vulnerability allows attacker without read access to a property to infer information about its value by trying to enumerate all possible values through observing error messages of SET property. We recommend upgrading to 2025.11.2 or 5.26.17 and above, where the issues is fixed.

The advisory is shared for download at neo4j.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-12738 since 11/05/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Upgrading to version 5.26.17 or 2025.11.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-4156). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information exposure
CWE: CWE-209 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Edition 5.26.17/2025.11.2

Timelineinfo

11/05/2025 CVE reserved
01/22/2026 +78 days Advisory disclosed
01/22/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/24/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: neo4j.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-12738 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12738
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-342320
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/22/2026 14:53
Updated: 01/24/2026 15:04
Changes: 01/22/2026 14:53 (68), 01/23/2026 12:54 (1), 01/24/2026 15:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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