TI-2025-02208 Aliases CVE-2025-2538 GHSA-9hr4-7h76-8f5h

BUG-000174336

MEDIUM 50CWE-798Published 2025-03-20 · Updated 2026-02-26

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.

Summary

A hardcoded credential vulnerability exists in a specific deployment pattern for Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 11.4 and below that may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain administrative access to the system.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00563 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Esri	Portal for ArcGIS	All – 11.4	—	No fix listed	CNA

Portal for ArcGIS VendorEsri Affected All – 11.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:esri:portal_for_arcgis::::::::	up to 11.4	Vulnerable	Esri

cpe:2.3:a:esri:portal_for_arcgis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 11.4 Vulnerable ·Esri

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2538
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9hr4-7h76-8f5h

References

Other 1

https://support.esri.com/en-us/patches-updates/2025/portal-for-arcgis-security-2025-update-3-patch

TI-2024-16901 Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2026-11074 Missing authentication in Esri Portal for ArcGIS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-25915 Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-25914 Incorrect privilege assignment in Portal for ArcGIS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-04452 Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Portal for ArcGIS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2022-17897 Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability (10.9.1, 10.8.1 and 10.7.1 only) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6

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Sources

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