Endpoint Manager: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
CVE-2025-6996 is a high-severity storing passwords in a recoverable format vulnerability in Endpoint Manager from Ivanti, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.4 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Check which version of Endpoint Manager you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
- Read the advisory on forums.ivanti.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanti | Endpoint Manager | Not specified in the record | Not 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
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- ChangedThe attack can reach beyond the vulnerable component into other systems.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- NoneAvailability is not affected.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N. Scored by CNA.
Official description
Improper use of encryption in the agent of Ivanti Endpoint Manager before version 2024 SU3 and 2022 SU8 Security Update 1 allows a local authenticated attacker to decrypt other users’ passwords.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Use strong, non-reversible encryption to protect stored passwords.
More Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerabilities (CWE-257)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Advisories
Other vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 8.1 High severity
- 7.7 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
- 8.8 High severity
- 7.8 High severity
Recent Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerabilities
- 8.4 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
- 7.7 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
- 8.1 High severity
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