CVE-2025-55047 Overview
CVE-2025-55047 is a high-severity vulnerability classified under [CWE-798] Use of Hard-coded Credentials. The flaw allows a local attacker with no privileges and no user interaction to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Hard-coded credentials embedded in software give attackers a permanent, undocumented access path that cannot be revoked through standard credential rotation. The vulnerability was published on September 9, 2025 and tracked through the Israeli government CVE advisories listing.
Critical Impact
A local attacker can authenticate using embedded credentials to gain high-impact access to the affected system without privileges or user interaction.
Affected Products
Affected product details have not been publicly enumerated in the NVD record. Refer to the Government CVE Advisories Listing for vendor-specific information.
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-09-09 - CVE-2025-55047 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-55047
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability stems from credentials embedded directly in the software, a class of weakness tracked as [CWE-798]. Hard-coded credentials typically appear as static usernames, passwords, API keys, or cryptographic material compiled into binaries or configuration files. Attackers who extract these credentials gain authenticated access equivalent to a legitimate user or service account.
The attack vector is local, meaning the adversary must have prior access to the host or an adjacent execution context. Once credentials are recovered through reverse engineering, file inspection, or memory analysis, the attacker can authenticate without triggering account lockouts or password policy controls.
Root Cause
The root cause is the inclusion of static authentication material in shipped software. Developers commonly introduce hard-coded credentials for debugging, service-to-service authentication, or recovery paths. These credentials cannot be rotated without a software update, and they are identical across every deployment of the affected product.
Attack Vector
Exploitation requires local access to the affected component. The attacker extracts the embedded credentials from the binary, configuration file, or memory image and then submits them to the authentication routine. Because the credentials are valid by design, authentication succeeds and the attacker inherits the privilege level associated with the hard-coded account. Successful exploitation results in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
No verified proof-of-concept code has been published. See the Government CVE Advisories Listing for additional technical context.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-55047
Indicators of Compromise
- Authentication events from accounts that are not provisioned in the organization's identity management system.
- Successful logins to service or maintenance accounts outside of documented administrative windows.
- Process execution or configuration changes initiated by accounts with generic or vendor-default names.
Detection Strategies
- Inventory binaries and configuration files for static credential patterns using secret-scanning tooling.
- Correlate authentication logs from the affected component against the authoritative identity store to flag accounts that do not exist in directory services.
- Monitor for repeated local logon attempts that succeed with identical credentials across multiple hosts, indicating reuse of a hard-coded secret.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Forward authentication and audit logs from the affected system to a centralized log platform for correlation and retention.
- Alert on first-seen account names accessing sensitive functions or APIs on the affected host.
- Track configuration and binary integrity to detect unauthorized post-authentication modifications.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-55047
Immediate Actions Required
- Restrict local access to the affected system to trusted administrators until a patched version is deployed.
- Review authentication logs for use of unrecognized or undocumented accounts and investigate any matches.
- Contact the vendor referenced in the Government CVE Advisories Listing to confirm patch availability for your deployment.
Patch Information
Vendor patch details are not enumerated in the NVD record at the time of publication. Consult the linked advisory for product-specific remediation guidance and apply the vendor-supplied update as soon as it is available.
Workarounds
- Place the affected component behind network segmentation that prevents untrusted local access.
- Disable any management or service interface that exposes the hard-coded account, where the product permits doing so.
- Apply host-based access controls to limit which users and processes can reach the authentication endpoint on the affected system.
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