CVE-2025-34567 - A Close Look at a Rejected CVE and What It Means

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You may have come across references to CVE-2025-34567 in security bulletins, logs, or community forums. In this post, we take an exclusive look at what this CVE is (and isn’t), walk through what happens when a CVE gets rejected, and clear up confusion that can occur when you see a “reserved but not used” ID. Let's break it down in simple American language!

What Is CVE-2025-34567?

- CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) IDs are unique identifiers for security vulnerabilities.

CVE-2025-34567 never described a real security vulnerability.

- This CVE was reserved (meaning held for possible use) but never officially assigned to an actual issue.

Here’s what the official CVE entry says

> REJECTED
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> "This CVE ID was rejected because it was reserved but not used for a vulnerability disclosure."

Link to Official Reference

- NVD - CVE-2025-34567
- MITRE CVE List

Why Do CVE IDs Get Rejected?

IDs are sometimes reserved ahead of time as placeholders. Later, if it turns out there isn’t an actual bug to report (maybe it was a false alarm or duplicate), the ID gets rejected and the slot remains empty. This helps:

Prevent confusion about vulnerabilities that never existed

Rejected CVEs do not represent any threat or risk. If you see the ID in logs, compliance paperwork, or bug bounties, rest assured: there’s nothing to patch here.

Let’s look at what this might look like in a tools scan report or code

{
  "vulnerability": {
    "id": "CVE-2025-34567",
    "status": "rejected",
    "description": "This CVE ID was rejected because it was reserved but not used for a vulnerability disclosure."
  }
}

Or, you might see something like this in an alert

[ALERT] Reference to CVE-2025-34567 detected!
Status: REJECTED (No actionable risk)

Exploit Details

There is no exploit.
Since CVE-2025-34567 was never tied to a real bug, there’s no code, no PoC (proof of concept), and nothing an attacker can do. Any exploit script, code, or discussion you see mentioning this specific CVE should be ignored—it’s either a mistake or misleading.

- If your compliance report, scanner, or customer asks about it, you can reply

- “CVE-2025-34567 was reserved in the CVE database but later rejected for use. There is no vulnerability associated with it.”

Final Thoughts

CVE-2025-34567 is an example of how the CVE process keeps things organized—even when a false alarm gets its own number for a little while. Use the MITRE and NVD links above to check CVE statuses yourself. Always verify before spending time on non-issues!

Remember:

A rejected CVE means nothing to fix, nothing to fear!

*Stay tuned for more deep dives into the world of security identifiers, and keep your patching focused on what really matters!*

Timeline

Published on: 01/01/1976 00:00:00 UTC
Last modified on: 01/02/2026 17:15:55 UTC