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CVE-2025-2311: Authentication Bypass in Sechard Information Technologies' SecHard

Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs, Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information, Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Sechard Information Technologies SecHard allows Authentication Bypass, Interface Manipulation, Authentication Abuse, Harvesting Information via API Event Monitoring. This issue affects SecHard: before 3.3.0.20220411.

CriticalCVSS 9Not KEV-listedUpdated
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysiscritical

Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

SecHard versions before 3.3.0.20220411 have a critical authentication weakness that may let a low-privileged attacker bypass controls, manipulate interfaces, and access sensitive information. Business impact could include credential exposure, unauthorized administration, and service disruption. The source bundle does not show confirmed active exploitation.

Executive priority

Treat this as urgent for any environment using SecHard. Prioritize asset discovery, version verification, access restriction, and vendor-guided update planning. Risk is highest where SecHard supports privileged operational workflows or credential handling.

Technical view

The CVE describes incorrect privileged API use, cleartext sensitive transmission, and insufficient credential protection in Sechard Information Technologies SecHard. CVSS 3.1 is 9.0 with adjacent-network access, low complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, changed scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure appears limited to organizations running SecHard before 3.3.0.20220411, especially where SecHard management or API paths are reachable from adjacent networks. The bundle does not identify specific modules, deployment patterns, or internet-facing exposure.

Exploitation context

No active exploitation is cited in the provided sources, and the CVE is not marked KEV. The scoring still indicates serious risk because exploitation requires low privileges, no user interaction, and low complexity from an adjacent network position.

Researcher notes

The public bundle is high level and does not include exploit details, proof of concept, or full advisory text. One government reference is tagged broken-link. Analysis is therefore based mainly on the CVE description, CVSS vector, affected-version statement, CWE mapping, and KEV status.

Mitigation direction

  • Identify all SecHard installations and record exact versions.
  • Upgrade SecHard to 3.3.0.20220411 or later if confirmed by vendor guidance.
  • Restrict SecHard administrative and API access to trusted management networks.
  • Review vendor and government advisories for product-specific remediation instructions.
  • Monitor SecHard logs for unusual API monitoring or interface manipulation activity.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm no production SecHard instance runs a version before 3.3.0.20220411.
  • Verify administrative and API interfaces are not broadly reachable.
  • Check whether sensitive SecHard communications are protected in transit.
  • Review credential storage and handling against current vendor guidance.
  • Look for unexpected low-privilege activity against SecHard management functions.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
4

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

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CWE-319: Exact CWE lookup

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CWE-522: Credential and account abuse lookup

Authentication and credential weaknesses can make valid-account abuse and credential telemetry useful review starting points. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.

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Credential and access behavior lookup

The CVE wording references authentication or credential exposure, so valid-account and credential-access review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Critical
CVSS
9 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
3Timeline events
1ADP providers
3Source links

SSVC decision data

CISA-ADPCISA Coordinator
Timestamp
Version
2.0.3
Exploitation: noneAutomatable: noTechnical Impact: total

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
9CVSS 3.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H2.36TR-CERT

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

9Critical
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2025-2311Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Vulnerability timeline

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  1. CVE reservedCVE Program

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  2. CVE publishedCVE Program

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  3. CVE updatedCVE Program

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ADP provider summaries

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other:ssvc

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
Sechard Information TechnologiesSecHard0unaffected
Weakness

CWE details

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