Incorrect authorization for CLI in Guardian/CMC before 25.2.0
An access control vulnerability was discovered in the CLI functionality due to a specific access restriction not being properly enforced for users with limited privileges. An authenticated user with limited privileges can issue administrative CLI commands, altering the device configuration, and/or affecting its availability.
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- Oct 7, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 17th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
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Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Nozomi
- 7.2
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| nozominetworks | cmc | cpe:2.3:a:nozominetworks:cmc |
| nozominetworks | guardian | cpe:2.3:a:nozominetworks:guardian |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- nozominetworks cmcbefore 25.2.0
- nozominetworks guardianbefore 25.2.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Nozomi). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Nozomi Networks CMC
- before 25.2.0affected · semver
Nozomi Networks Guardian
- before 25.2.0affected · semver
Same product
nozominetworks: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-29245SQL Injection on IDS parsing of malformed asset fields in Guardian/CMC >= 22.6.0 before 22.6.3 and 23.1.036Monitor
- CVE-2026-31984DoS through oversized audit log entries in Guardian/CMC before 26.2.034Monitor
- CVE-2023-2567Authenticated SQL Injection on Query functionality in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.3 and 23.1.034Monitor
- CVE-2023-23574Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on alerts count in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.234Monitor
- CVE-2023-22378Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on sorting in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.234Monitor
- CVE-2022-4259Authenticated SQL Injection on Alerts in Guardian/CMC before 22.5.234Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nozomi Networks CMC | 25.2.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Nozomi Networks Guardian | 25.2.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Andrea PalancaNozomi Networks Product Security team during an internal investigation.finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-4465391 days apartIncorrect authorization for Reports configuration in Guardian/CMC before 24.2.023Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.