CVE-2025-14600 (GCVE-0-2025-14600)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 17:39 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Admin Account Takeover via Path Traversal in vsDesk
Summary
An insecure deserialization vulnerability in vsDesk allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized administrative access. By manipulating application configuration data, an attacker can force the system to authenticate against an arbitrary LDAP server and provision a new administrative account.
Apply patch from vendor https://vsdesk.ru/ . Versions 14.0402 and on have the patch.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-19 18:38 UTC
CWE
- CWE-305 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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