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CVE-2025-69418
medium
CVSS 4.0
Vulnerability in openssl (CVE-2025-69418)
Summary
vulnerability in openssl (CVE-2025-69418). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-69418** has been found in openssl.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.0/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openssl CVE-2025-69418" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-69418 (openssl) — CWE-325 / CVSS v3 4.0
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-325) exists in openssl.
📍 Affected scope
openssl — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.0/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'openssl' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'openssl' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `openssl` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/372fc5c77529695b05b4f5b5187691a57ef5dffc
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/4016975d4469cd6b94927c607f7c511385f928d8
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/52d23c86a54adab5ee9f80e48b242b52c4cc2347
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a7589230356d908c0eca4b969ec4f62106f4f5ae
- web https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/ed40856d7d4ba6cb42779b6770666a65f19cb977
- web https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20260127.txt
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69418
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78qr-24v5-7q73