Teleport allows remote authentication bypass
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-863Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Teleport provides connectivity, authentication, access controls and audit for infrastructure. Community Edition versions before and including 17.5.1 are vulnerable to remote authentication bypass. At time of posting, there is no available open-source patch.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.07924 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go): 17.5.2, 16.5.12, 15.5.3 +3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gravitational | teleport | up to 17.5.1; up to 0.0.0-20250616162021-79b2f26125a1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) | 17.0.0 to before 17.5.2 | 17.5.2 | Patch available | GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc |
| — | github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) | 16.0.0 to before 16.5.12 | 16.5.12 | Patch available | GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc |
| — | github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) | 15.0.0 to before 15.5.3 | 15.5.3 | Patch available | GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc |
| — | github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) | 14.0.0 to before 14.4.1 | 14.4.1 | Patch available | GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc |
| — | github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) | 13.0.0 to before 13.4.27 | 13.4.27 | Patch available | GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc |
| — | github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) | 0.0.11 to before 12.4.35 | 12.4.35 | Patch available | GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc |
| — | github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) | up to 0.0.0-20250616162021-79b2f26125a1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc |
- teleport Vendorgravitational Affected up to 17.5.1; up to 0.0.0-20250616162021-79b2f26125a1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Vendor— Affected 17.0.0 to before 17.5.2 Fixed in 17.5.2 Patch available GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
- github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Vendor— Affected 16.0.0 to before 16.5.12 Fixed in 16.5.12 Patch available GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
- github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Vendor— Affected 15.0.0 to before 15.5.3 Fixed in 15.5.3 Patch available GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
- github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Vendor— Affected 14.0.0 to before 14.4.1 Fixed in 14.4.1 Patch available GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
- github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Vendor— Affected 13.0.0 to before 13.4.27 Fixed in 13.4.27 Patch available GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
- github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.0.11 to before 12.4.35 Fixed in 12.4.35 Patch available GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
- github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 0.0.0-20250616162021-79b2f26125a1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Fixed in 17.5.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Fixed in 16.5.12 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Fixed in 15.5.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Fixed in 14.4.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Fixed in 13.4.27 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc github.com/gravitational/teleport (Go) Fixed in 12.4.35 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-49825
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-49825 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-49825 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8cqv-pj7f-pwpc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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