CVE-2025-6182

Root certificate installation or removal by local users

Published Aug 20, 2025 · Updated Aug 20, 2025

Improper privilege management in StrongDM sdm-cli before 47.50.0 allows local users to install or remove Windows root certificates. The Windows service mishandles certificate-management communication, but StrongDM has not disclosed the message format, validation failure, or service operation involved. A low-privileged local user can alter the machine trust store without user interaction, enabling untrusted roots or removal of trusted roots.

CVSS severity8.5
High
EPSS probability0.08%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in StrongDM sdm-cli before 47.50.0 allows local users to install or remove Windows root certificates. The Windows service mishandles certificate-management communication, but StrongDM has not disclosed the message format, validation failure, or service operation involved. A low-privileged local user can alter the machine trust store without user interaction, enabling untrusted roots or removal of trusted roots.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-6182
Published
Aug 20, 2025
Updated
Aug 20, 2025
Vendor
StrongDM
Product
sdm-cli
Classifications
CWE-269, T1553.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=47.49.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

StrongDM · sdm-cliversion=0 <=47.49.0

Published CVSS scores

8.5StrongDMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1553.004Install Root Certificate

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