Authenticated privilege escalation
Published Sep 25, 2025 · Updated Sep 25, 2025
Missing authorization in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 before 2025.Q2 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. Ericsson has not published the affected interface or the authorization check omitted when processing privileged requests. The flaw requires a low-privileged account and network access, then grants higher-privileged access that exposes appliance data and operations.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 before 2025.Q2 allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. Ericsson has not published the affected interface or the authorization check omitted when processing privileged requests. The flaw requires a low-privileged account and network access, then grants higher-privileged access that exposes appliance data and operations.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-40837
- Published
- Sep 25, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Ericsson
- Product
- Indoor Connect 8855
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2025.Q2 changes=[{"at":"2025.Q2","status":"unaffected"}]
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