CVE-2025-45466
Published: 25 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-45466 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Unitree Go1 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique SSH (T1021.004); ranked at the 26.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-22725
Vulnerability details
Unitree Go1 <= Go1_2022_05_11 is vulnerale to Incorrect Access Control due to authentication credentials being hardcoded in plaintext.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Hardcoded plaintext root credentials enable use of default local accounts (T1078.001) for remote access via SSH (T1021.004), allowing command execution in a Unix shell (T1059.004) with root privileges.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
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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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.