Missing brute-force protection in Aviatrix Controller
Priority HIGH 67CWE-307Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
Aviatrix Controller versions prior to 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, and 8.0.0 do not enforce rate limiting on password reset attempts, allowing adversaries to brute force guess the 6-digit password reset PIN
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00477 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Controller (Aviatrix): 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, 8.0.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Controller (Aviatrix) Fixed in 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, 8.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2171
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fhf7-g3jp-w7f7
References
More Aviatrix vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-34029 OS command injection in Aviatrix Controller KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-17791 An issue was discovered in Aviatrix Controller 6.x before 6.5-1804.1922. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-01904 OS command injection in Aviatrix Controller CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.6
- TI-2020-16187 An issue was discovered in Aviatrix Controller before R6.0.2483. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10521 An Elevation of Privilege issue was discovered in Aviatrix VPN Client before 2.10.7… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-05833 The Aviatrix OpenVPN client through 2.5.7 on Linux, macOS, and Windows is vulnerable when… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-2171 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-2171 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fhf7-g3jp-w7f7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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