Cyberduck and Mountain Duck - Weak Hash Algorithm for Certificate Fingerprint
Priority HIGH 68CWE-328Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Cyberduck and Mountain Duck improper handle TLS certificate pinning for untrusted certificates (e.g., self-signed), since the certificate fingerprint is stored as SHA-1, although SHA-1 is considered weak. This issue affects Cyberduck: through 9.1.6; Mountain Duck: through 4.17.5.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0013 2nd 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
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iterate GmbH | Cyberduck | up to 9.1.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| iterate GmbH | Mountain Duck | up to 4.17.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cyberduck Vendoriterate GmbH Affected up to 9.1.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Mountain Duck Vendoriterate GmbH Affected up to 4.17.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41256
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qq37-7frg-jxx4
References
More iterate GmbH vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-27501 Cyberduck and Mountain Duck - Improper Certificate Store Handling CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-41256 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-41256 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qq37-7frg-jxx4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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