Progress OpenEdge up to 12.2.18/12.8.9 password recoverable

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Progress OpenEdge up to 12.2.18/12.8.9. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in password recoverable. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-8095. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Progress OpenEdge up to 12.2.18/12.8.9. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recoverable vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-257. The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The OECH1 prefix encoding is intended to obfuscate values across the OpenEdge platform.  It has been identified as cryptographically weak and unsuitable for stored encodings and enterprise applications.  OECH1 encodings should be considered exploitable and immediately replaced by any other supported prefix encoding, all of which are based on symmetric encryption.

The weakness was shared by Thomas Riedmaier. The advisory is shared at community.progress.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-8095 since 07/23/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

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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Vendor

• Progress

Name

• OpenEdge

Version

• 12.2.0
• 12.2.1
• 12.2.2
• 12.2.3
• 12.2.4
• 12.2.5
• 12.2.6
• 12.2.7
• 12.2.8
• 12.2.9
• 12.2.10
• 12.2.11
• 12.2.12
• 12.2.13
• 12.2.14
• 12.2.15
• 12.2.16
• 12.2.17
• 12.2.18
• 12.8.0
• 12.8.1
• 12.8.2
• 12.8.3
• 12.8.4
• 12.8.5
• 12.8.6
• 12.8.7
• 12.8.8
• 12.8.9

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• commercial

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