CVE-2025-4876Hardcoded Key Revealed in ConnectWise Password Encryption Utility

Description

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.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://github.com/packetlabs/vulnerability-advisory/blob/main/Disclosures/PL-2025-11315/README.md Third Party Advisory