CVE-2025-4876 | THREATINT

Description

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 files used for authenticated network scanning.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-16 | Published 2025-05-19 | Updated 2025-09-03 | Assigner ConnectWise

MEDIUM: 6.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Product status

Default status

unaffected

All versions prior to deprecation (July 2023)

affected

Credits

Joey Melo (jmelo@packetlabs.net) finder

Ian Lin (ilin@packetlabs.net) finder

References

github.com/.../blob/main/Disclosures/PL-2025-11315/README.md

cve.org (CVE-2025-4876)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-4876)

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