CVE-2025-54756 (GCVE-0-2025-54756)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-12 16:34 – Updated: 2026-02-12 18:45
VLAI?
Title
BrightSign Players Use of Default Credentials
Summary
BrightSign players running BrightSign OS series 4 prior to v8.5.53.1 or
series 5 prior to v9.0.166 use a default password that is guessable with
knowledge of the device information. The latest release fixes this
issue for new installations; users of old installations are encouraged
to change all default passwords.
Severity ?
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrightSign | BrightSign OS series 4 players |
Affected:
0 , < v8.5.53.1
(custom)
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Credits
Adam Merrill, a member of the Adversarial Modeling and Penetration Testing (AMPT) team at Sandia National Laboratories, reported this vulnerability to CISA.
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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