Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-35041

High

Published: 22 September 2025

Published
22 September 2025
Modified
19 December 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/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
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.7th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-35041 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307) vulnerability in Airship.Ai Acropolis. Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Default Accounts (T1078.001); ranked at the 36.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Enterprise AI Assistants; in the Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms risk domain.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Airship AI Acropolis allows unlimited MFA attempts for 15 minutes after a user has logged in with valid credentials. A remote attacker with valid credentials could brute-force the 6-digit MFA code. Fixed in 10.2.35, 11.0.21, and 11.1.9.

CWE(s)
CWE-307

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Enterprise AI Assistants
Risk Domain
Other ATLAS/OWASP Terms
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: ai

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1078.001 Default Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a default account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
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T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access
Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts.
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Why these techniques?

CVE-2025-35041 enables brute-forcing 6-digit MFA codes due to lack of rate limiting (T1110.001 Password Guessing). The associated advisory CVE-2025-35042 allows use of unchanged default administrative credentials (T1078.001 Default Accounts).

Affected Assets

airship.ai
acropolis
≤ 10.2.35 · 11.0.0 — 11.0.21 · 11.1.0 — 11.1.9

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-7 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
addresses: CWE-307

This control directly enforces limits on consecutive invalid logon attempts and automatic response (e.g., lockout) to prevent brute-force exploitation of authentication mechanisms.

IA-10 Adaptive Authentication
addresses: CWE-307

Specific conditions can include excessive failed attempts, triggering stronger authentication that restricts brute-force exploitation.

References