Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-69614

Auth Bypass in Telekom Account Management Portal ≤ 2025-10-27

Published
10 March 2026
Modified
07 May 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0039 32th percentile
Risk Priority 68 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-69614 is a critical-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Telekom Account Management Portal. Its CVSS base score is 9.4 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Valid Accounts (T1078); ranked at the 32th 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 IA-12 (Identity Proofing) 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-2025-69614 is an incorrect access control vulnerability stemming from activation token reuse on the password-reset endpoint of the Deutsche Telekom AG Telekom Account Management Portal. This flaw enables unauthorized password resets and full account takeover. It affects versions of the portal prior to 2025-10-27 and was assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L), with CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password.

Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit the vulnerability over the network with low complexity. By reusing activation tokens, they can perform unauthorized password resets, achieving full account takeover. This results in high impacts to confidentiality and integrity, with low impact to availability.

The vulnerability was addressed in a fix released on 2025-10-31. For detailed mitigation guidance and patch deployment, refer to vendor advisories including https://www.telekom.com/en/company/data-privacy-and-security/news/acknowledgements-358300#R and https://gist.github.com/ethicalrohitt/b3e6d071aac8530459e8b3a5720bb832. The CVE was published on 2026-03-10.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Incorrect Access Control via activation token reuse on the password-reset endpoint allowing unauthorized password resets and full account takeover. Affected Product: Deutsche Telekom AG Telekom Account Management Portal, versions before 2025-10-27, fixed 2025-10-31.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
T1110 Brute Force Credential Access
Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained.
T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access
Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-69615Same product: Telekom Account Management Portal
CVE-2024-0186Shared CWE-640
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CVE-2023-43650Shared CWE-640
CVE-2026-9273Shared CWE-640
CVE-2026-9609Shared CWE-640
CVE-2023-42481Shared CWE-640
CVE-2026-7655Shared CWE-640
CVE-2024-9907Shared CWE-640
CVE-2023-35717Shared CWE-640

Affected Assets

telekom
account management portal
≤ 2025-10-27

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V7.4.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Identity proofing at appropriate assurance levels ensures forgotten-password recovery cannot succeed without strong verification of the user.

Authenticator management requires secure distribution, reset, and verification procedures that directly address weak password recovery flows.

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.AA-01 mostly match
prevents

Credential lifecycle management directly includes password reset/recovery flows.

PR.AA-02 mostly match
prevents

Identity proofing is the core control that prevents weak or bypassed recovery mechanisms.

PR.AA-03 partial match
prevents

Authentication policy covers strength/MFA but does not address recovery path weaknesses.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC reduces implementation flaws but is not specific to password-recovery design.

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.

degrades

Strong authentication-information lifecycle rules directly address weak password-recovery flows.

prevents

Secure-SDLC practices can embed strong recovery design, yet the control is broader than this single weakness.

prevents

Application-security requirements can mandate secure recovery flows, but the control covers many other requirements.

prevents

Secure-coding standards can prevent weak recovery implementations, yet the control is wider in scope.

mitigates

Secure-authentication requirements include robust forgotten-password procedures.

none

Proper access-rights provisioning can limit who can trigger recovery, but does not fix the recovery mechanism itself.

References