CVE-2025-27459

MEDIUMNVD 4.44.4—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

4.4

The VNC application stores its passwords encrypted within the registry but uses DES for encryption. As DES is broken, the original passwords can be recovered.

CVSS v3: 4.4
EG Score: 4.4(medium)
EPSS: 31.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

July 3, 2025

Last Modified

January 29, 2026

References (7)

psirt@sickhttps://sick.com/psirt
psirt@sickhttps://sick.com/psirt
psirt@sickhttps://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
psirt@sickhttps://www.endress.com
psirt@sickhttps://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1
psirt@sickhttps://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0008.json
psirt@sickhttps://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0008.pdf

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-257Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

Data Freshness Timeline

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Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-30 02:39 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 02:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-27459?

CVE-2025-27459 is a medium vulnerability published on July 3, 2025. The VNC application stores its passwords encrypted within the registry but uses DES for encryption. As DES is broken, the original passwords can be recovered.

When was CVE-2025-27459 disclosed?

CVE-2025-27459 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 3, 2025, with the most recent update on January 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-27459 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-27459 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 31.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-27459?

CVE-2025-27459 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-27459?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-27459, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2025-27459

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