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FKIE_CVE-2025-59180

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-27 15:16 - Updated: 2026-09-29 19:10

Severity

5.1 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

Ericsson Packet Core Controller (PCC) versions prior to 1.38 contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability in the alarm system. An attacker with access to the cluster with knowledge of the hardcoded credential can read alarm and alert information.

References

	URL	Tags
	85b1779b-6ecd-4f52-bcc5-73eac4659dcf	https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/security/psirt/security-bulletin-pcc-july-2026

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2025-59180 (GCVE-0-2025-59180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-27 14:19 – Updated: 2026-07-27 15:08

Title

Use of Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability

Summary

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-27 15:08 UTC

CWE

CWE-798

Assigner

ERIC CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 71/100 over 13 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/security/psi…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Ericsson	Packet Core Controller (PCC)	Affected: 0 , < 1.38 (custom)

Credits

Spark NZ Radu Balaci and Meghna Patel from Bell Mobility (Canada)

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