Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Assigned by SICK AG
CVE-2025-27458CVE-2025-27458
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity broken cryptography in Endress+Hauser MEAC300-FNADE4 from Endress+Hauser. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The VNC authentication mechanism bases on a challenge-response system where both server and client use the same password for encryption. The challenge is sent from the server to the client, is encrypted by the client and sent back. The server does the same encryption locally and if the responses match it is prooven that the client knows the correct password. Since all VNC communication is unencrypted, an attacker can obtain the challenge and response and try to derive the password from this information.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Endress+Hauser | Endress+Hauser MEAC300-FNADE4 | vers:all/* |
Weakness: CWE-327 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.endress.com x_Endress+Hauser
- https://sick.com/psirt x_SICK PSIRT Security Advisories
- https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices x_ICS-CERT recommended practices on Industrial Security
- https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1 x_CVSS v3.1 Calculator
- https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0008.json x_The canonical URL.
- https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0008.pdf vendor-advisory