Root access via MAC-derived predictable password
Published Jul 11, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Weak root-password generation in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert 8.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain root access. Code in ttgio.jar seeds a double-encryption and mixing routine with the appliance MAC address while reusing static keys and initialization vectors. Attackers need installation or upgrade artifacts and the MAC address, which an unauthenticated endpoint exposes on network-reachable versions, to derive the credential and obtain root SSH access.
Summary
What happened
Weak root-password generation in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert 8.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain root access. Code in ttgio.jar seeds a double-encryption and mixing routine with the appliance MAC address while reusing static keys and initialization vectors. Attackers need installation or upgrade artifacts and the MAC address, which an unauthenticated endpoint exposes on network-reachable versions, to derive the credential and obtain root SSH access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-50122
- Published
- Jul 11, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Distributed Data Systems
- Product
- EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert
- Classifications
- CWE-331, T1078, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=8.3 <=Prior to
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- unauth2root.pyfunctional · demonstrated
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