Root Certificate Injection
Priority LOW 37CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- 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-269.
Summary
The StrongDM Windows service incorrectly handled communication related to system certificate management. Attackers could exploit this behavior to install untrusted root certificates or remove trusted ones.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00082 0th 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
- Total
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-2025-6182
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-725m-6gv3-xj6r
More StrongDM vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-05590 OS command injection in StrongDM sdm-cli CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-05589 Authentication Hijack 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-2025-6182 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6182 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-725m-6gv3-xj6r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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