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CVE-2025-4876: Hardcoded Key Revealed in ConnectWise Password Encryption Utility
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-321
Description
ConnectWise-Password-Encryption-Utility.exe in ConnectWise Risk Assessment allows an attacker to extract a hardcoded AES decryption key via reverse engineering. This key is embedded in plaintext within the binary and used in cryptographic operations without dynamic key management. Once obtained the key can be used to decrypt CSV input files used for authenticated network scanning.
Affected products
- ConnectWise Risk Assessment: before 2023-07-01 — fixed in 2023-07-01
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: ConnectWise Risk Assessment 2023-07-01. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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