Vulnerability · Published Jan 27, 2026 · Assigned by Delinea

CVE-2025-12810Failure in Password Rotation and Check-in Mechanism in Secret Server Allows Reuse of Credentials

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in Secret Server On-Prem from Delinea Inc.. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Delinea Inc. Secret Server On-Prem (RPC Password Rotation modules).This issue affects Secret Server On-Prem: 11.8.1, 11.9.6, 11.9.25. A secret with "change password on check in" enabled automatically checks in even when the password change fails after reaching its retry limit. This leaves the secret in an inconsistent state with the wrong password. Remediation: Upgrade to 11.9.47 or later. The secret will remain checked out when the password change fails.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Delinea Inc. Secret Server On-Prem 11.8.111.9.611.9.25

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:A

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