CVE-2025-61738 (GCVE-0-2025-61738)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-22 10:07 – Updated: 2025-12-22 14:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Johnson Controls PowerG and IQPanel cleartext transmission of sensitive information
Summary
Under certain circumstances, attacker can capture the network key, read or write encrypted packets on the PowerG network.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-22 13:14 UTC
CWE
- CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Controls | IQPanel2, IQHub,IQPanel2+,IQPanel 4,PowerG |
Affected:
IQPanel2 , ≤ 2
(custom)
Affected: IQHub (custom) Affected: IQPanel2+ , ≤ 2+ (custom) Affected: ,IQPanel 4 , ≤ 4.6.0 (custom) Affected: PowerG , ≤ 53.02 (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2025-12-16 09:40
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