Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-67109 is reported as a critical certificate-verification flaw in Eclipse Cyclone DDS before v0.10.5. The source bundle says it can let unauthenticated network attackers bypass certificate checks and execute commands with System privileges. Business urgency is high where Cyclone DDS is used in connected operational or robotics environments.
Executive priority
Treat as urgent for environments using Cyclone DDS, especially where DDS connects operational systems or runs with high privileges. The reported impact is full compromise, but exposure cannot be assumed without confirming product use and version.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-298, improper certificate verification, tied to time certificate handling in Cyclone DDS before v0.10.5. The supplied CVSS v3.1 score is 10.0 with network attack vector, no privileges, no user interaction, scope change, and full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in systems embedding or deploying Eclipse Cyclone DDS versions before v0.10.5. The CVE affected-product fields are listed as n/a, so asset owners must confirm usage from software inventories, dependency manifests, vendor SBOMs, and runtime packages.
Exploitation context
The supplied data does not show CISA KEV listing and provides no cited confirmation of active exploitation. A referenced public gist exists, but the bundle alone is insufficient to claim exploitation in the wild or validate exploit reliability.
Researcher notes
Key gaps: affected CPEs are absent, vendor/product fields are n/a, and the references are code links plus a gist rather than a detailed advisory. Do not infer affected downstream products or active exploitation from this bundle alone.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all direct and transitive Cyclone DDS deployments.
- Upgrade Cyclone DDS before v0.10.5 to v0.10.5 or later where applicable.
- Check Eclipse Cyclone DDS guidance for official remediation details.
- Restrict network reachability to DDS services until validated.
- Prioritize operational, robotics, and privileged runtime environments.
Validation and detection
- Confirm Cyclone DDS versions from SBOMs and package inventories.
- Map exposed DDS network surfaces and trust boundaries.
- Review vendor or project advisories for fixed-version confirmation.
- Verify certificate authentication settings are enabled and expected.
- Document systems that cannot immediately upgrade.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 10 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H3.96CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
10CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/eclipse-cyclonedds/cyclonedds/blob/master/src/ddsrt/src/time/posix/time.c#L28CVE reference, mitre
- https://github.com/eclipse-cyclonedds/cyclonedds/blob/master/src/security/builtin_plugins/authentication/src/auth_utils.c#L84CVE reference, mitre
- https://gist.github.com/lkloliver/669e15bc7e6194133e4ee1026ce157e6CVE reference, mitre
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CWE details
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Improper Validation of Certificate Expiration
Improper Validation of Certificate Expiration represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.