CVE-2025-6180 (GCVE-0-2025-6180)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-20 16:41 – Updated: 2025-08-20 18:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Authentication Hijack
Summary
The StrongDM Client insufficiently protected a pre-authentication token. Attackers could exploit this to intercept and reuse the token, potentially redeeming valid authentication credentials through a race condition.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-20 18:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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