Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.37 Alarm System hard-coded credentials

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.37. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Alarm System. The manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-59180. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.37. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Alarm System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Ericsson Packet Core Controller (PCC) versions prior to 1.38 contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability in the alarm system. An attacker with access to the cluster with knowledge of the hardcoded credential can read alarm and alert information.

The advisory is available at ericsson.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-59180 since 09/10/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.38 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Ericsson

Name

• Packet Core Controller

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37

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