CVE-2025-7044 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-7044

Privilege Escalation in MAAS via Websocket Request Manipulation

Vulnerability Description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in the user websocket handler of MAAS. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker can intercept a user.update websocket request and inject the is_superuser property set to true. The server improperly validates this input, allowing the attacker to self-promote to an administrator role. This results in full administrative control over the MAAS deployment.

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:

  • Jacopo Rota

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

MAAS
Vulnerable Versions:
3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.5.0, 3.6.0, 3.7.0, 3.8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 3rd, 2025
Last Modified: December 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion