CVE-2025-53696 (GCVE-0-2025-53696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-28 14:43 – Updated: 2025-08-19 14:43
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Summary
iSTAR Ultra performs a firmware verification on boot, however the verification does not inspect certain portions of the firmware. These firmware parts may contain malicious code. Tested up to firmware 6.9.2, later firmwares are also possibly affected.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Johnson Controls, Inc iSTAR Ultra Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.9.2 (custom)
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