CVE-2025-53696 (GCVE-0-2025-53696)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-28 14:43
Modified
2025-08-19 14:43
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check
Summary
iSTAR Ultra performs a firmware verification on boot, however the verification does not inspect certain portions of the firmware. These firmware parts may contain malicious code. Tested up to firmware 6.9.2, later firmwares are also possibly affected.
References
ot-cert@dragos.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/reidmefirst/vuln-disclosure/refs/heads/main/2025-03.txt
Impacted products
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Johnson Controls, Inc iSTAR Ultra Version: 0   <
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