CVE-2025-53698
What it is
Missing protection mechanism for alternate hardware interface vulnerability in Johnson Controls iSTAR Ultra and Johnson Controls iSTAR Ultra SE allows CAPEC‑554: Functionality Bypass. This issue affects iSTAR Ultra: before 6.9.2.CU02; iSTAR Ultra SE: before 6.9.2.CU02.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited with physical access without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- 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: not scored yet.
- Severity: 7.0 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Weakness
- CWE-1299
- Record status
- Received
Affected
- Johnson Controls iSTAR Ultra < 6.9.2.CU02
- Johnson Controls iSTAR Ultra SE < 6.9.2.CU02
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.0
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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