CVE-2025-3461 json
ON Semiconductor Quantenna Telnet Missing Authentication
published 2025-06-08 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-17410
- cvss
- 9.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Quantenna Wi-Fi chips ship with an unauthenticated telnet interface by default. This is an instance of CWE-306, "Missing Authentication for Critical Function," and is estimated as a CVSS 9.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue affects Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset through version 8.0.0.28 of the latest SDK, and appears to be unpatched at the time of this CVE record's first publishing, though the vendor has released a best practices guide for implementors of this chipset.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- takeonme.org https://takeonme.org/cves/cve-2025-3461/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 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
- ON Semiconductor Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
References
-
takeonme.org
/cves/cve-2025-3461/
third-party-advisory, exploit
-
community.onsemi.com
/s/article/QCS-Quantenna-Wi-Fi-product-support-and-security-best-practices
vendor-advisory, release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-3461
- NVD CVE-2025-3461
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