CVE-2025-35021 json
Abilis CPX Fallback Shell Connection Relay
published last yr. modified 22d ago also EUVD-2025-37731
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
By failing to authenticate three times to an unconfigured Abilis CPX device via SSH, an attacker can login to a restricted shell on the fourth attempt, and from there, relay connections.
Patch / fix
- Abilis CPX 9.0.7
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- runzero.com https://www.runzero.com/advisories/abilis-cpx-authentication-bypass-cve-2025-35021/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- takeonme.org https://takeonme.org/gcves/GCVE-1337-2025-00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001011111111111011111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Abilis CPX
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
References
-
runzero.com
/advisories/abilis-cpx-authentication-bypass-cve-2025-35021/
technical-description, third-party-advisory, exploit, mitigation
-
takeonme.org
/gcves/GCVE-1337-2025-0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000101111111111101111111111000000000000000
technical-description, third-party-advisory, exploit, mitigation
-
support.abilis.net
/relnotes/cpx2k/R9.0.html#R9.0.7
vendor-advisory, release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-35021
- NVD CVE-2025-35021
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