CVE-2025-40897 | Nozomi Guardian/CMC up to 25.x Threat Intelligence authorization

VDB-357680 · CVE-2025-40897 · GCVE-0-2025-40897 NOZOMI GUARDIAN/CMC UP TO 25.X THREAT INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 6.6 $0-$5k 2.09+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Nozomi Guardian and CMC up to 25.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Threat Intelligence. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-40897. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Nozomi Guardian and CMC up to 25.x. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Threat Intelligence. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes: An access control vulnerability was discovered in the Threat Intelligence functionality due to a specific access restriction not being properly enforced for users with view-only privileges. An authenticated user with view-only privileges for the Threat Intelligence functionality can perform administrative actions on it, altering the rules configuration, and/or affecting their availability. The weakness was published with Nozomi Networks Product Security Team. The advisory is shared for download at security.nozominetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-40897 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. Upgrading to version 26.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Productinfo Vendor Nozomi Name CMC Guardian Version 25.x CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6 VulDB Base Score: 5.4 VulDB Temp Score: 5.2 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 8.1 CNA Vector (Nozomi): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Authorization CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: Guardian/CMC 26.0.0 Timelineinfo 04/16/2025 CVE reserved 04/15/2026 +364 days Advisory disclosed 04/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Advisory: security.nozominetworks.com Organization: Nozomi Networks Product Security Team Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2025-40897 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-40897 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-357680 Entryinfo Created: 04/15/2026 11:43 Changes: 04/15/2026 11:43 (76) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:902:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸