Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy STER up to 9.4 of weak password encoding

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy STER up to 9.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation of the argument of causes weak password encoding. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-25607. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy STER up to 9.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument of with an unknown input leads to a weak password encoding vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-261. Obscuring a password with a trivial encoding does not protect the password. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Use of a weak password encoding algorithm in STER software allows the value of the password to be guessed after analyzing how passwords with known values are encoded. This issue was fixed in version 9.5.

The weakness was shared by Michelin Cert. It is possible to read the advisory at cert.pl. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-25607 since 02/03/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.4

VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak password encoding
CWE: CWE-261 / CWE-257 / CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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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: STER 9.5

Timelineinfo

02/03/2026 CVE reserved
05/22/2026 +107 days Advisory disclosed
05/22/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/22/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cert.pl
Researcher: Michelin Cert
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-25607 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-25607
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-365179

Entryinfo

Created: 05/22/2026 13:47
Changes: 05/22/2026 13:47 (67)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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