Infinera MTC-9 up to 22.x SSH Service missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Infinera MTC-9 up to 22.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component SSH Service. The manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-27020. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Infinera MTC-9 up to 22.x. Affected is an unknown code block of the component SSH Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper configuration of the SSH service in Infinera MTC-9 allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands and access data on file system . This issue affects MTC-9: from R22.1.1.0275 before R23.0.

The advisory is available at cvcn.gov.it. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-27020 since 02/18/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/08/2025).

Upgrading to version 23.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-201700). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: MTC-9 23.0

Timelineinfo

02/18/2025 CVE reserved
12/08/2025 +293 days Advisory disclosed
12/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cvcn.gov.it
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-27020 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-27020
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-334794
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/08/2025 14:42
Updated: 12/08/2025 15:19
Changes: 12/08/2025 14:42 (64), 12/08/2025 15:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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