Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2026 · Assigned by PRJBLK

CVE-2025-15581

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in orthanc from orthanc-server. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Orthanc versions before 1.12.10 are affected by an authorisation logic flaw in the application's HTTP Basic Authentication implementation. Successful exploitation could result in Privilege Escalation, potentially allowing full administrative access.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12orthancno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-15581
Debian:13orthancno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2025-15581
Debian:14orthanc1.12.10+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15581
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSorthancno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-15581
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSorthancno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-15581
Ubuntu:25.10orthancno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-15581
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSorthancno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-15581
Ubuntu:26.10orthancno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-15581

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
orthanc-server orthanc 0 – through 1.12.9

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

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