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CVE-2025-9576: seeedstudio ReSpeaker Administrative shadow default credentials

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-08-28 · updated 2026-09-26
• Weakness: CWE-1392

Description

A vulnerability was identified in seeedstudio ReSpeaker LinkIt7688. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /etc/shadow of the component Administrative Interface. The manipulation leads to use of default credentials. An attack has to be approached locally. A high degree of complexity is needed for the attack. The exploitability is considered difficult. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products

• seeedstudio Linkit Smart 7688 Firmware: all versions

References

• https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/seeedstudio/ramips-openwrt-LinkIt7688.md
• https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/seeedstudio/ramips-openwrt-LinkIt7688.md#steps-to-reproduce
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321690
• https://vuldb.com/?id.321690
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.636068
• https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/seeedstudio/ramips-openwrt-LinkIt7688.md
• https://github.com/XXRicardo/iot-cve/blob/main/seeedstudio/ramips-openwrt-LinkIt7688.md#steps-to-reproduce

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