CVE-2025-23179

Unauthorized access via hard-coded credentials

Published Apr 29, 2025 · Updated Apr 29, 2025

Hard-coded credentials in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 allow remote authenticated users to affect protected data and service. The CNA does not identify the credential, the component that embeds it, or the operation accepting it. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access and low privileges; published impacts are limited losses of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded credentials in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 allow remote authenticated users to affect protected data and service. The CNA does not identify the credential, the component that embeds it, or the operation accepting it. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access and low privileges; published impacts are limited losses of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23179
Published
Apr 29, 2025
Updated
Apr 29, 2025
Vendor
Ribbon Communications
Product
Apollo 9608
Classifications
CWE-798
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=v9.6R3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Ribbon Communications · Apollo 9608version=v9.6R3

Published CVSS scores

5.5INCDCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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