Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Priority LOW 39CWE-307Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
Password guessing limits could be bypassed when using LDAP authentication.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00439 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller (Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories): 2.16.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories | SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller | before 2.16.0 | 2.16.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller VendorSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories Affected before 2.16.0 Fixed in 2.16.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller (Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories) Fixed in 2.16.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056 Software-Defined Network Flow Controller 2.16.0
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-30401 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted DirectoryPriority MEDIUM 41
- TI-2025-30400 Improper Control of Interaction FrequencyPriority LOW 19
- TI-2025-30399 Observable response discrepancy in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5056…Priority LOW 17
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48014
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6gpj-qpm5-7xw2
References
More Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-14886 Insufficient entropy vulnerability could lead to authentication bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-07489 XML external entity injection in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories AcSELerator Architect CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-05537 Improper access control in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. SEL-3620 and SEL-3622 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-17218 Improper authentication could lead to session hijacking CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-14885 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-14859 Improper Input Validation in Web Interface CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-48014 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-48014 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6gpj-qpm5-7xw2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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