CVE-2025-35042
Airship.Ai Acropolis ≤ 10.2.35
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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:XSummary
CVE-2025-35042 is a critical-severity Use of Default Credentials (CWE-1392) vulnerability in Airship.Ai Acropolis. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Default Accounts (T1078.001); ranked at the 33th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other Platforms; in the Supply Chain and Deployment risk domain.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to CM-6 (Configuration Settings) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-35042 is a critical authentication vulnerability in Airship AI Acropolis, stemming from a default administrative account that employs identical credentials across all installations. Affected instances are those where the default password remains unchanged, enabling unauthorized access equivalent to administrative privileges. The issue, classified under CWE-1392, carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), highlighting its severe potential impact.
Any remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability without prior authentication or user interaction by simply using the known default credentials to log in over the network. Successful exploitation grants the attacker full privileges of the administrative account, allowing complete control over the affected Airship AI Acropolis instance, including potential data exfiltration, modification, or disruption.
Mitigation requires updating to patched versions 10.2.35, 11.0.21, or 11.1.9, or manually changing the default administrative password on unpatched systems. Detailed advisories are available from CISA at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-265-01.json and the official CVE record at https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-35042.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-30816
Vulnerability Data
Airship AI Acropolis includes a default administrative account that uses the same credentials on every installation. Instances of Airship AI that do not change this account password are vulnerable to a remote attacker logging in and gaining the privileges of…
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this account. Fixed in 10.2.35, 11.0.21, and 11.1.9.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- Other Platforms
- Risk Domain
- Supply Chain and Deployment
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Matched keywords: ai
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V13.2.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Secure configuration settings establish baselines that prohibit default credentials on system components.
Authenticator management requires verification of identity and secure distribution of initial authenticators, directly stopping default credentials from being left in place.
Vulnerability scanning can discover default credentials after deployment but does not stop their introduction.
Account management processes include assignment and control of initial account credentials, reducing the chance defaults remain active.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Hardened baselines and configuration management explicitly prohibit default credentials on deployed systems.
Credential management processes directly require replacing or disabling default passwords and keys.
Authentication policies can enforce non-default credential strength but do not explicitly address initial deployment defaults.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
The requirement to replace vendor default authentication information immediately after installation directly counters the use of default credentials that attackers commonly target.