Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 up to 2025.Q1 insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 up to 2025.Q1. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-40838. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 up to 2025.Q1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 contains a vulnerability where server-side security can be bypassed in the client which if exploited can lead to unauthorized disclosure of user accounts.

The weakness was released by Telstra. It is possible to read the advisory at ericsson.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-40838 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2025.Q2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-31096). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Indoor Connect 8855 2025.Q2

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
09/25/2025 +162 days Advisory disclosed
09/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/26/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ericsson.com
Researcher: Telstra
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-40838 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-40838
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325871
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2025 17:41
Updated: 09/26/2025 17:12
Changes: 09/25/2025 17:41 (66), 09/25/2025 18:06 (1), 09/26/2025 17:12 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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