CVE-2025-40680
What it is
Lack of sensitive data encryption in CapillaryScope v2.5.0 of Capillary io, which stores both the proxy credentials and the JWT session token in plain text within different registry keys on the Windows operating system. Any authenticated local user with read access to the registry can extract these sensitive values.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-311
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.9
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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