CVE-2025-4876: Hardcoded Key Revealed in ConnectWise Password Encryption Utility
ConnectWise · Risk Assessment
Affected: ConnectWise Risk Assessment · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 1% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
ConnectWise-Password-Encryption-Utility.exe in ConnectWise Risk Assessment allows an attacker to extract a hardcoded AES decryption key via reverse engineering. This key is embedded in plaintext within the binary and used in cryptographic operations without dynamic key management. Once obtained the key can be used to decrypt CSV input files used for authenticated network scanning.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- ConnectWise · Risk AssessmentAll versions prior to deprecation (July 2023)
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- ConnectWise
- Published
- May 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
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