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critical 9.8

CVE-2025-24288 json

The Versa Director software exposes a number of services by default and allow attackers an easy foothold due to default credentials and mul…

published 2025-06-18 16 mo ago modified 2026-09-02 2 mo ago also EUVD-2025-18666

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Versa Director software exposes a number of services by default and allow attackers an easy foothold due to default credentials and multiple accounts (most with sudo access) that utilize the same default credentials. By default, Versa director exposes ssh and postgres to the internet, alongside a host of other services.

Versa Networks is not aware of any reported instance where this vulnerability was exploited. Proof of concept for this vulnerability has been disclosed by third party security researchers.

Workarounds or Mitigation:

Versa recommends the following security controls:

1) Change default passwords to complex passwords 2) Passwords must be complex with at least 8 characters that comprise of upper case, and lower case alphabets, as well as at at least one digit, and one special character 3) Passwords must be changed at least every 90 days 4) Password change history is checked to ensure that the at least the last 5 passwords must be used when changing password. 5) Review and audit logs for all authentication attempts to check for unauthorized/suspicious login attempts and enforce remediation steps.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa vex VA-25-169-01 updated cvss 9.8

Versa Networks Versa Director multiple vulnerabilities

  • Versa Director 21.2.2, >=21.2.3, <21.2.3 June 10, 2025, 22.1.1, >=22.1.2, <22.1.2 June 10, 2025
    affected: vendor fix, no fix available “No fix information provided for 21.2.2.” security-portal.versa-networks.com
  • Versa Director 22.1.4 February 8, 2025, 22.1.3 June 10, 2025, 22.1.2 June 10, 2025, 21.2.3 June 10, 2025
    fixed: vendor fix security-portal.versa-networks.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Versa Director

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

Sources

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