Vulnerability · Published Oct 20, 2025 · Assigned by CERT-PL

CVE-2025-10678Admin with default credentials in NetBird VPN

Critical 9.3

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in NetBird from NetBird VPN. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.3Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NetBird VPN when installed using vendor's provided script failed to remove or change default password of an admin account created by ZITADEL. This issue affects instances installed using vendor's provided script. This issue may affect instances created with Docker if the default password was not changed nor the user was removed. This issue has been fixed in version 0.57.0

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	github.com/netbirdio/netbird	0.57.0	GHSA-g3j4-58mp-3x25
Go	github.com/netbirdio/netbird	0.57.0	GO-2025-4040

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NetBird VPN	NetBird	0 – before 0.57.0

Weakness: CWE-1392 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/10/CVE-2025-10678 third-party-advisory
https://netbird.io/ product