CVE-2025-23180

Adjacent authenticated privilege escalation

Published Apr 29, 2025 · Updated Apr 29, 2025

Execution with unnecessary privileges in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. The published CNA record identifies CWE-250 but does not disclose the affected component, elevated operation, or attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access from an adjacent network and grants access capable of reading or altering protected data and interrupting service.

CVSS severity8.0
High
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Execution with unnecessary privileges in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 9.6R3 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. The published CNA record identifies CWE-250 but does not disclose the affected component, elevated operation, or attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged access from an adjacent network and grants access capable of reading or altering protected data and interrupting service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23180
Published
Apr 29, 2025
Updated
Apr 29, 2025
Vendor
Ribbon Communications
Product
Apollo 9608
Classifications
CWE-250
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

8.0Israel National Cyber DirectorateCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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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-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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