Administrator account takeover via reset PIN brute force
Published Jun 23, 2025 · Updated Jun 23, 2025
Improper rate limiting in Aviatrix Controller before 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, or 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to take over accounts. The password reset PIN verifier accepts unlimited guesses against a six-digit value valid for 15 minutes without invalidating the reset after repeated failures. Unauthenticated access to the reset interface and a known username, including the default admin account, are sufficient to set a new password after a correct guess.
Summary
What happened
Improper rate limiting in Aviatrix Controller before 7.1.4208, 7.2.5090, or 8.0.0 allows remote attackers to take over accounts. The password reset PIN verifier accepts unlimited guesses against a six-digit value valid for 15 minutes without invalidating the reset after repeated failures. Unauthenticated access to the reset interface and a known username, including the default admin account, are sufficient to set a new password after a correct guess.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2171
- Published
- Jun 23, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Aviatrix
- Product
- Aviatrix Controller
- Classifications
- CWE-307, CAPEC-114, T1110
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 23, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Mandiant password-reset PIN brute-force procedurefunctional · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- Mandiant Red Team administrator account takeoverreported exploitation
Technologies
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