CVE-2025-67305
Exposed Creds in Commscope Ruckus Network Director ≤ 4.5.0.56
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-67305 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key (CWE-321) vulnerability in Commscope Ruckus Network Director. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Private Keys (T1552.004); ranked at the 40th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-12 (Cryptographic Key Establishment and 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-2025-67305 is a critical vulnerability in RUCKUS Network Director (RND) versions prior to 4.5.0.56, specifically affecting the OVA appliance. The issue stems from hardcoded SSH keys for the postgres user, which are identical across all deployments. This flaw, published on 2026-02-19, is categorized under CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key and 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), indicating high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the RND appliance can exploit this vulnerability by using the publicly known hardcoded SSH keys to authenticate via SSH without a password. Once authenticated, the attacker gains superuser privileges on the PostgreSQL database, allowing them to create administrative users for the web interface and potentially escalate privileges further.
Advisories from Marlink Cyber (https://github.com/marlinkcyber/advisories/blob/main/advisories/MCSAID-2025-012-ruckus-nd-hardcoded-ssh-keys-rce.md) and CommScope (https://webresources.commscope.com/download/assets/RUCKUS+Network+Director%3A+Critical+Security+Bypass+Vulnerability+Leading+to+Remote+Code+Execution+and/3adeb3acb69211f08a46b6532db37357) provide further details on this critical security bypass vulnerability, including mitigation guidance such as upgrading to RND 4.5.0.56 or later.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207651
Vulnerability Data
In RUCKUS Network Director (RND) < 4.5.0.56, the OVA appliance contains hardcoded SSH keys for the postgres user. These keys are identical across all deployments, allowing an attacker with network access to authenticate via SSH without a password. Once authenticated,…
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the attacker can access the PostgreSQL database with superuser privileges, create administrative users for the web interface, and potentially escalate privileges further.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requiring cryptographic keys to be established and managed according to defined requirements prevents developers from embedding static unchangeable 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.
Secure-SDLC activities such as code review and secret scanning directly prevent embedding static keys.
Data-at-rest protection policies require proper key management and therefore discourage hard-coded keys.
Data-in-transit protection similarly depends on non-hard-coded keys for encryption.
Configuration baselines and reviews can prohibit hard-coded keys in deployed artifacts.
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.
Key-management controls that govern generation, rotation and protection of keys make the use of embedded hard-coded cryptographic keys less likely and easier to detect.