CVE-2025-25736

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-306

Description

Kapsch TrafficCom RIS-9260 RSU LEO v3.2.0.829.23, v3.8.0.1119.42, and v4.6.0.1211.28 were discovered to contain Android Debug Bridge (ADB) pre-installed (/mnt/c3platpersistent/opt/platform-tools/adb) and enabled by default, allowing unauthenticated root shell access to the cellular modem via the default 'kapsch' user.

Affected products

Kapsch Ris-9160 Firmware: 3.2.0.829.23, 3.8.0.1119.42, 4.6.0.1211.28
Kapsch Ris-9260 Firmware: 3.2.0.829.23, 3.8.0.1119.42, 4.6.0.1211.28

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html
https://phrack.org/issues/72/16_md
https://www.kapsch.net/_Resources/Persistent/3d251a8445e0bf50093903ad70b3dbed34dec7e7/KTC-CVS_RIS-9260_DataSheet.pdf
https://www.kapsch.net/en
https://www.kapsch.net/en/press/releases/ktc-20200813-pr-en

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