CVE-2025-6942

Engine impersonation via user-controlled authorization key

Published Jul 2, 2025 · Updated Jul 2, 2025

Authorization bypass in Delinea Secret Server On-Premises 11.7.49 and earlier allows local users to impersonate a distributed engine. The initial authorization event in Distributed Engine 8.4.39.0 and earlier trusts a user-controlled key to select engine identity, authorizing one engine as another; no finer code-level detail is public. A highly privileged local user must trigger the flow with user interaction, and successful exploitation is bounded to the impersonated engine's authorized access.

CVSS severity3.8
Low
EPSS probability0.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Authorization bypass in Delinea Secret Server On-Premises 11.7.49 and earlier allows local users to impersonate a distributed engine. The initial authorization event in Distributed Engine 8.4.39.0 and earlier trusts a user-controlled key to select engine identity, authorizing one engine as another; no finer code-level detail is public. A highly privileged local user must trigger the flow with user interaction, and successful exploitation is bounded to the impersonated engine's authorized access.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-6942
Published
Jul 2, 2025
Updated
Jul 2, 2025
Vendor
Delinea
Product
Secret Server On-Premises
Classifications
CWE-639, CAPEC-22
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

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

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=11.7.49
  2. Affected versionversion=0 <=8.4.39.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Delinea · Secret Server On-Premisesversion=0 <=11.7.49; version=0 <=8.4.39.0

Published CVSS scores

3.8DelineaCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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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
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CAPEC-22Exploiting Trust in Client

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