CVE-2025-51536
Exposed Creds in Craws Openatlas ≤ 8.12.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-51536 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Craws Openatlas. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Default Accounts (T1078.001); ranked at the 42th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
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-2025-51536 is a critical vulnerability in OpenAtlas version 8.11.0, software developed by the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI). The issue involves a hardcoded Administrator password, violating CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials) and CWE-1392 (Use of Default Credentials). Published on 2025-08-04, it 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), reflecting its severe potential impact.
Any remote attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability due to its low attack complexity, lack of required privileges, and absence of user interaction. Exploitation allows unauthenticated login as the Administrator, providing complete control over the system and enabling high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, such as data exfiltration, modification, or denial of service.
Advisories published by sec4you-pentest.com, available at https://www.sec4you-pentest.com/schwachstelle/openatlas-standard-adminkonto-mit-hartcodiertem-passwort/ and https://www.sec4you-pentest.com/schwachstellen/, document the flaw and provide details for security practitioners to address it.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-23504
Vulnerability Data
Austrian Archaeological Institute (AI) OpenAtlas v8.11.0 as discovered to contain a hardcoded Administrator password.
- 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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Affected Assets
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 secure distribution and handling of credentials, structurally discouraging hard-coded values.
Vulnerability scanning can discover default credentials after deployment but does not stop their introduction.
Cryptographic key management mandates proper establishment and handling instead of embedding keys in code.
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.
PR.AA-02 addresses human identity proofing and per-person credential issuance at enrollment; it has no bearing on whether developers embed static credentials in software.
PR.DS-01 addresses encryption and integrity of stored data but never touches credential or key management practices, so it neither prevents hard-coded credentials nor removes any of their risk.
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.
Education on secure configuration practices discourages technical staff from embedding or relying on hard-coded credentials in systems and applications.
Secure key-generation, distribution and storage procedures reduce the likelihood that hard-coded or default cryptographic keys will be introduced or left unprotected.
Explicit prohibition of hard-coded passwords and unauthenticated external services stops credentials from being embedded directly in source code.
Contractual requirements for secure coding practices and evidence of testing make it less likely that hard-coded credentials will be introduced or remain undetected in delivered code.
Requiring independent oversight and timely disabling of non-human identities makes it harder for hard-coded or long-lived credentials to remain exploitable.