Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-59093

Published
26 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v4 8.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/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 0.0019 9th percentile
Risk Priority 31 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-59093 is a high-severity Reliance on Security Through Obscurity (CWE-656) vulnerability in Sec Consult (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique System Information Discovery (T1082); ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) and SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Exos 9300 instances are using a randomly generated database password to connect to the configured MSSQL server. The password is derived from static random values, which are concatenated to the hostname and a random string that can be read by…

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every user from the registry. This allows an attacker to derive the database password and get authenticated access to the central exos 9300 database as the user Exos9300Common. The user has the roles ExosDialog and ExosDialogDotNet assigned, which are able to read most tables of the database as well as update and insert into many tables.

CWE(s)
CWE-656

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1082 System Information Discovery Discovery
An adversary may attempt to get detailed information about the operating system and hardware, including version, patches, hotfixes, service packs, and architecture.
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T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
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T1592 Gather Victim Host Information Reconnaissance
Adversaries may gather information about the victim's hosts that can be used during targeting.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-7161Shared CWE-656
CVE-2025-7020Shared CWE-656
CVE-2026-42363Shared CWE-656
CVE-2024-12297Shared CWE-656
CVE-2024-5244Shared CWE-656
CVE-2024-9138Shared CWE-656
CVE-2025-25983Shared CWE-656

Affected Assets

Sec Consult
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-13 Cryptographic Protection good match

Requires selection and implementation of approved cryptographic methods whose strength does not rest on secrecy of design.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles good match

Security and privacy engineering principles explicitly prohibit reliance on obscurity and require documented, verifiable protection mechanisms.

SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest good match

Requires cryptographic or equivalent protection of information at rest, eliminating dependence on obscurity for confidentiality.

SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity good match

Mandates actual cryptographic or equivalent protection of transmitted data rather than depending on hidden algorithms or keys.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices explicitly reject obscurity-based designs in favor of proven controls.

GV.PO-01 partial match
prevents

Risk-management policy can mandate avoidance of obscurity but does not itself implement technical alternatives.

ID.RA-05 partial match
prevents

Risk analysis surfaces obscurity as a weakness yet does not prevent its introduction.

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.

A.8.24 Use of cryptography mostly match
prevents

Mandates use of cryptography whose strength is independent of secrecy of design or keys.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles mostly match
prevents

Requires secure architecture and engineering principles that reject reliance on obscurity.

A.8.5 Secure authentication mostly match
prevents

Requires authentication mechanisms whose strength does not depend on secrecy of implementation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure-coding rules prohibit hidden or undocumented security mechanisms.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance none match
detects

Security testing can expose mechanisms whose only protection is obscurity.

References