Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-9276

Critical

Published: 02 September 2025

Published
02 September 2025
Modified
30 January 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0029 52.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-9276 is a critical-severity Empty Password in Configuration File (CWE-258) vulnerability in Cockroachlabs Cockroach-K8S-Request-Cert. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cockroach Labs cockroach-k8s-request-cert Empty Root Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on systems that use the affected version of the Cockroach Labs cockroach-k8s-request-cert container image. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of…

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the system shadow file. The issue results from a blank password setting for the root user. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-22195.

CWE(s)
CWE-258

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

cockroachlabs
cockroach-k8s-request-cert
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References