CVE-2025-61738Network attack vector

Encrypted packet access via cleartext wireless network key

Published Dec 22, 2025 · Updated Dec 22, 2025

Cleartext transmission in Johnson Controls IQ Panel products allows remote attackers to capture the PowerG wireless network key. Johnson Controls has not disclosed which packet or operation transmits the key without protection, only that specific circumstances expose it. Exploitation requires high complexity and passive user interaction; possession of the key enables reading or writing encrypted PowerG packets.

CVSS severity2.3
Low
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Cleartext transmission in Johnson Controls IQ Panel products allows remote attackers to capture the PowerG wireless network key. Johnson Controls has not disclosed which packet or operation transmits the key without protection, only that specific circumstances expose it. Exploitation requires high complexity and passive user interaction; possession of the key enables reading or writing encrypted PowerG packets.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-61738
Published
Dec 22, 2025
Updated
Dec 22, 2025
Vendor
Johnson Controls
Product
Qolsys IQ Panel
Classifications
CWE-319, CAPEC-158, T1040
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 22, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=IQHub
  2. Affected versionversion=IQPanel2 <=2
  3. Affected versionversion=IQPanel2+ <=2+
  4. Affected versionversion=,IQPanel 4 <=4.6.0
  5. Affected versionversion=PowerG <=53.02

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Johnson Controls · Qolsys IQ Panelversion=IQHub; version=IQPanel2 <=2; version=IQPanel2+ <=2+; version=,IQPanel 4 <=4.6.0; version=PowerG <=53.02

Published CVSS scores

2.3Johnson ControlsCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.3CISACVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CAPEC-158Sniffing Network Traffic
T1040Network Sniffing

Public exploit references

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Technologies

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