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GHSA-7V4F-5MR6-34C7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-01 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-01 18:30

Details

E3 Site Supervisor Control (firmware version < 2.31F01) generates the root linux password on each boot. An attacker can generate the root linux password for a vulnerable device based on known or easy to fetch parameters.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.2 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

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CVE-2025-52549 (GCVE-0-2025-52549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-02 11:26 – Updated: 2025-09-02 13:43

Title

Predictable root linux password generation

Summary

Severity

9.2 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-09-02 13:43 UTC

CWE

CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Assigner

Armis icscert root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.armis.com/research/frostbyte10/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Copeland LP	E3 Supervisory Control	Affected: 0 , < 2.31F01 (firmware)

Date Public

2025-07-29 12:00

Credits

Armis Labs

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GHSA-7V4F-5MR6-34C7

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