Authorization bypass in Delinea Secret Server
Priority LOW 17CWE-639Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The distributed engine versions 8.4.39.0 and earlier of Secret Server versions 11.7.49 and earlier can be exploited during an initial authorization event that would allow an attacker to impersonate another distributed engine.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00149 4th 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-2025-6942
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9mrh-cw6f-gm2j
References
Other 3
- https://docs.delinea.com/online-help/secret-server/release-notes/ss-rn-11-7-000060.htm
- https://docs.delinea.com/online-help/secret-server/release-notes/ss-rn-11-7-000061.htm
- https://docs.delinea.com/online-help/secret-server-changelog/secret-server-change-log.htm?cshid=secret-server-changelog#Friday,_November_22,_2024
More Delinea vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-22363 Delinea Secret Server before 11.7.000001 allows attackers to bypass authentication via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-11959 Code injection in Delinea Secret Server CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2024-16879 User enumeration can occur in the Authentication REST API in Delinea PAM Secret Server… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-16877 In Delinea PAM Secret Server 11.4, it is possible for an attacker (with Administrator… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2025-11733 Failure in Password Rotation and Check-in Mechanism in Secret Server Allows Reuse of Credentials CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-16881 Broken Access Control in the Report functionality of Delinea PAM Secret Server 11.4… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-6942 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6942 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9mrh-cw6f-gm2j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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