CVE-2025-7044 json
Privilege Escalation in MAAS via Websocket Request Manipulation
published 2025-12-03 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also EUVD-2025-201010
- cvss
- 7.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Ubuntu MAAS 3.3.11, 3.4.9, 3.5.9, 3.6.2, 3.7.0, 3.8.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 11 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Ubuntu MAAS
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
References
-
bugs.launchpad.net
/maas/+bug/2115714
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-7044
- NVD CVE-2025-7044
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