Authentication Hijack
Priority LOW 36CWE-319Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.
Summary
The StrongDM Client insufficiently protected a pre-authentication token. Attackers could exploit this to intercept and reuse the token, potentially redeeming valid authentication credentials through a race condition.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00111 1st 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
- 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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6180
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-54jv-mpgv-wvp2
More StrongDM vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-05590 OS command injection in StrongDM sdm-cli CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-05591 Root Certificate Injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-05592 Configd Injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2026-03815 Unencrypted storage of authentication state in StrongDM Desktop Application state.kv file CVSS 4.0LOW 2.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-6180 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6180 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-54jv-mpgv-wvp2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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