Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-8796

LowPublic PoC

Published: 10 August 2025

Published
10 August 2025
Modified
29 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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 0.0025 48.4th percentile
Risk Priority 4 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-8796 is a low-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Litmuschaos Litmus. Its CVSS base score is 2.1 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 48.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability has been found in LitmusChaos Litmus up to 3.19.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /auth/delete_project/ of the component Delete Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument projectID leads to missing authorization.…

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The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1578 Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure Defense Impairment
An adversary may attempt to modify a cloud account's compute service infrastructure to evade defenses.
Why these techniques?

Missing authorization in the delete_project endpoint enables exploitation of a software vulnerability for privilege escalation (T1068) by allowing low-privileged authenticated users to delete arbitrary projects, and facilitates unauthorized modification/deletion of cloud/container infrastructure resources (T1578).

Affected Assets

litmuschaos
litmus
≤ 3.19.0

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.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.

addresses: CWE-862 CWE-863

Mandates authorization checks before permitting access or data processing via external systems.

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