Dormakaba Kaba exos 9300 U9ExosAdmin.exe hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dormakaba Kaba exos 9300. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file U9ExosAdmin.exe. Such manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-59096. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Dormakaba Kaba exos 9300 (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file U9ExosAdmin.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The default password for the extended admin user mode in the application U9ExosAdmin.exe ("Kaba 9300 Administration") is hard-coded in multiple locations as well as documented in the locally stored user documentation.

The weakness was released by Clemens Stockenreitner and Werner Schober. The advisory is available at r.sec-consult.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-59096 since 09/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

09/09/2025 CVE reserved
01/26/2026 +139 days Advisory disclosed
01/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/26/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: r.sec-consult.com
Researcher: Clemens Stockenreitner, Werner Schober
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-59096 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59096
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-342866

Entryinfo

Created: 01/26/2026 11:59
Changes: 01/26/2026 11:59 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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