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CVE-2025-34197: Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Undocumented Local Account with Hardcoded Password and Passwordless sudo

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2025-09-19 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host versions prior to 22.0.951, Application prior to 20.0.2368 (VA and SaaS deployments) contain an undocumented local user account named ubuntu with a preset password and a sudoers entry granting that account passwordless root privileges (ubuntu ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL). Anyone who knows the hardcoded password can obtain root privileges via local console or equivalent administrative access, enabling local privilege escalation. This vulnerability has been identified by the vendor as: V-2024-010 — Hardcoded Linux Password. NOTE: The patch for this vulnerability is reported to be incomplete: /etc/shadow was remediated but /etc/sudoers remains vulnerable.

Affected products

• Vasion Virtual Appliance Application: before 20.0.2368 — fixed in 20.0.2368
• Vasion Virtual Appliance Host: before 22.0.951 — fixed in 22.0.951

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Vasion Virtual Appliance Application 20.0.2368; Vasion Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.951. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://help.printerlogic.com/saas/Print/Security/Security-Bulletins.htm
• https://help.printerlogic.com/va/Print/Security/Security-Bulletins.htm
• https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2025-04-08-vasion-printerlogic-83-vulnerabilities.html#va-hardcoded-password-ubuntu
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vasion-print-printerlogic-undocumented-local-account-with-hardcoded-password-and-passwordless-sudo

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