01 Record
CVE-2025-9276
Cockroach Labs cockroach-k8s-request-cert Empty Root Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: zdi
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Cockroach Labs cockroach-k8s-request-cert Empty Root Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-09-02 20:00Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-09-03 15:32Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- zdi
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-258Empty Password in Configuration FileVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1cd6cd337917b674fec61dd7943c4a959484c99cc90fead3437e3b4dba86f1b8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.zerodayinitiative.comZDI-25-855https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-855/