Is CVE-2025-48416 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-48416 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-48416?

CVE-2025-48416 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-48416?

CVE-2025-48416 has an EPSS score of 0.52% (41th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2025-48416?

No published fix for CVE-2025-48416 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-48416

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An OpenSSH daemon listens on TCP port 22. There is a hard-coded entry in the "/etc/shadow" file in the firmware image for the "root" user. However, in the default SSH configuration the "PermitRootLogin" is disabled, preventing the root user from logging in via SSH. This configuration can be bypassed/changed by an attacker through multiple paths though.

CWE-912

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-34117	Unscored	-	23%	-	-
CVE-2021-24867	Critical	9.8	19%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-6045	High	8.8	6.3%	-	-
CVE-2020-16204	Critical	9.8	5.5%	-	-
CVE-2010-20103	Critical	9.8	5.1%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.