CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-4876

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Published: May 19, 2025 | Modified: Oct 02, 2025
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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ConnectWise-Password-Encryption-Utility.exe in ConnectWise Risk Assessment allows an attacker to extract a hardcoded AES decryption key via reverse engineering. This key is embedded in plaintext within the binary and used in cryptographic operations without dynamic key management. Once obtained the key can be used to decrypt CSV input filesĀ used for authenticated network scanning.

Weakness

The product uses a hard-coded, unchangeable cryptographic key.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Risk_assessmentConnectwise*2023-07-01 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References