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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-41692
Weak/Predictable root Password
Vulnerability Description
A high privileged remote attacker with admin privileges for the webUI can brute-force the "root" and "user" passwords of the underlying OS due to a weak password generation algorithm.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- D. Blagojevic, S. Dietz, F. Koroknai, T. Weber from CyberDanube
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
FL SWITCH 2005, FL SWITCH 2008, FL SWITCH 2016, FL SWITCH 2105, FL SWITCH 2108, FL SWITCH 2116, FL SWITCH 2204-2TC-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2205, FL SWITCH 2206-2FX, FL SWITCH 2206-2FX SM, FL SWITCH 2206-2FX SM ST, FL SWITCH 2206-2FX ST, FL SWITCH 2206-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2206-2SFX PN, FL SWITCH 2206C-2FX, FL SWITCH 2207-FX, FL SWITCH 2207-FX SM, FL SWITCH 2208, FL SWITCH 2208 PN, FL SWITCH 2208C, FL SWITCH 2212-2TC-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2214-2FX, FL SWITCH 2214-2FX SM, FL SWITCH 2214-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2214-2SFX PN, FL SWITCH 2216, FL SWITCH 2216 PN, FL SWITCH 2304-2GC-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2306-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2306-2SFP PN, FL SWITCH 2308, FL SWITCH 2308 PN, FL SWITCH 2312-2GC-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2314-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2314-2SFP PN, FL SWITCH 2316, FL SWITCH 2316 PN, FL SWITCH 2404-2TC-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2406-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2406-2SFX PN, FL SWITCH 2408, FL SWITCH 2408 PN, FL SWITCH 2412-2TC-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2414-2SFX, FL SWITCH 2414-2SFX PN, FL SWITCH 2416, FL SWITCH 2416 PN, FL SWITCH 2504-2GC-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2506-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2506-2SFP PN, FL SWITCH 2508, FL SWITCH 2508 PN, FL SWITCH 2512-2GC-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2514-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2514-2SFP PN, FL SWITCH 2516, FL SWITCH 2516 PN, FL SWITCH 2608, FL SWITCH 2608 PN, FL SWITCH 2708, FL SWITCH 2708 PN, FL SWITCH 2303-8SP1, FL NAT 2008, FL NAT 2208, FL NAT 2304-2GC-2SFP, FL SWITCH 2008F, FL SWITCH 2316/K1, FL SWITCH 2506-2SFP/K1, FL SWITCH 2508/K1
Vulnerable Versions:
0.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 9th, 2025
Last Modified:
December 9th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.