CVE-2025-49825
Published: 17 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-49825 is a critical-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Teleport Community Edition versions up to and including 17.5.1 contain a remote authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-49825. The affected component is the authentication layer of Teleport, an infrastructure access platform that supplies connectivity, authentication, access controls, and audit capabilities. The flaw is rated 9.8 under CVSS 3.1 and is associated with CWE-863 improper authorization.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit the issue over the network without any user interaction or credentials. Successful exploitation grants full read, write, and control over the affected Teleport deployment, allowing complete compromise of the infrastructure access plane.
The referenced GitHub Security Advisory states that no open-source patch is available at the time of disclosure. Community Edition users are therefore left without an official remediation path for the affected releases.
EPSS scores have reached a peak of 0.1782 with a current value of 0.1530, indicating moderate and relatively stable exploitation interest since publication.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-18566
Vulnerability details
Teleport provides connectivity, authentication, access controls and audit for infrastructure. Community Edition versions before and including 17.5.1 are vulnerable to remote authentication bypass. At time of posting, there is no available open-source patch.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Periodic review and update of procedures reduces incorrect authorization implementations over time.
Supervision identifies cases where authorization logic incorrectly permits unauthorized actions.
Defining permitted attribute values and auditing modifications reduces the chance of incorrect authorization outcomes due to tampered or missing labels.
The authorization process and usage restrictions help prevent incorrect authorization for remote access types.
Establishing configuration and connection requirements helps ensure correct rather than incorrect authorization for wireless access.
Establishing connection authorization processes for mobile devices helps ensure authorization decisions are correctly implemented rather than incorrect.
Monitoring account use, notifying on changes, and reviewing accounts for compliance corrects incorrect authorization assignments.
Ensures authorization decisions for external system use are correctly implemented and enforced.