Improper SSH Key Handling in Internal Debug Builds May Grant Cluster-Level Access to Non-Administrative Users
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
SoftIron HyperCloud 2.5.0 through 2.6.3 may incorrectly add user SSH keys to the administrator-level authorized keys under certain conditions, allowing unauthorized privilege escalation to admin via SSH. Affects non-production debug and internal development builds created between versions 2.5.0 and 2.6.3. No generally available (GA) or customer-released production builds were affected. There is no evidence that this issue was exposed in customer environments or production deployments.
Why it matters now
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
- Fix · CNA HyperCloud (SoftIron) Fixed in 2.6.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-10650
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c6xp-3j4m-584m
References
More SoftIron vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-83458 OS command injection in SoftIron HyperCloud Orchestrator via VM template fields CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2023-24129 Media caddy removal and reinsertion without reboot may cause data loss CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2026-01517 HyperCloud Improper Refresh Token Validation and Access Token Invalidation Allows Long-Term Unauthorized Access CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.2
- TI-2024-12106 Authenticated, non-admin users can create storage pools via the sifi API CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2023-24128 HyperCloud: "admin" and "serveradmin" users can be deleted CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
- TI-2023-24130 When compute hosts are disabled and reenabled, they immediately transition to "ON", not "INIT" CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-10650 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-10650 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c6xp-3j4m-584m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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