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CVE-2025-3659NVD status: Deferred

Digi PortServer TS: Improper Authentication

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CVE-2025-3659 is a critical-severity improper authentication vulnerability in Digi PortServer TS from Digi International, with a CVSS 4.0 base score of 9.4 out of 10. It can be exploited from the same local network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. Affected Digi PortServer TS versions: 82000747_AA and earlier. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

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Critical severity: a successful attack would have severe impact.

What to do

  1. Check which version of Digi PortServer TS you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
Digi InternationalDigi PortServer TS82000747_AA and earlierNot stated
Digi InternationalDigi One SP/Digi One SP IA/Digi One IA82000774_Z and earlierNot stated
Digi InternationalDigi One IAP82000770 Z and earlierNot stated

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
AdjacentThe attacker must be on the same local network segment.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Attack requirements
NoneThe attack does not depend on a particular deployment or configuration.
Privileges required
NoneNo account or login is needed.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
HighSerious loss of confidentiality on the vulnerable system.
Integrity (vulnerable system)
HighSerious loss of integrity on the vulnerable system.
Availability (vulnerable system)
HighSerious loss of availability on the vulnerable system.
Confidentiality (other systems)
HighSerious loss of confidentiality on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
Integrity (other systems)
HighSerious loss of integrity on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
Availability (other systems)
LowLimited loss of availability on systems beyond the vulnerable one.

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. Scored by CNA.

Official description

Improper authentication handling was identified in a set of HTTP POST requests affecting the following product families: * Digi PortServer TS - prior to and including 82000747_AA, build date 06/17/2022 * Digi One SP/Digi One SP IA/Digi One IA - prior to and including 82000774_Z, build date 10/19/2020 * Digi One IAP – prior to and including 82000770 Z, build date 10/19/2020 A specially crafted POST request to the device’s web interface may allow an unauthenticated attacker to modify configuration settings.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.

More Improper Authentication vulnerabilities (CWE-287)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

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