CVE-2025-54992

Aug. 12, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

6.9
Medium

Description

OpenKilda is an open-source OpenFlow controller. Prior to version 1.164.0, an XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was found in OpenKilda which in combination with GHSL-2025-024 allows unauthenticated attackers to exfiltrate information from the instance where the OpenKilda UI is running. This issue may lead to Information disclosure. This issue has been patched in version 1.164.0.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Openkilda
  • Openkilda
  • <1.164.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-611
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a openkilda openkilda <1.164.0 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/telstra/open-kilda/commit/1eddb4983a6287d083e3e99a56dc4c291abd347e
https://github.com/telstra/open-kilda/pull/5778
https://github.com/telstra/open-kilda/security/advisories/GHSA-43rg-6r66-6hr7

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-611
2025-08-11
CVE-2025-54992

CVSS Score

6.9 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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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Timeline

Published: Aug. 11, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 12, 2025, 2:25 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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