An issue was discovered in Commvault before 11.36.60. During the brief window between installation and the first administrator login, remote attackers may exploit the default credential to gain admin control. This is limited to the setup phase, before any jobs have been configured.
History

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Commvault commvault
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:commvault:commvault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Commvault commvault
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Commvault
Commvault commcell
Vendors & Products Commvault
Commvault commcell

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Commvault before 11.36.60. During the brief window between installation and the first administrator login, remote attackers may exploit the default credential to gain admin control. This is limited to the setup phase, before any jobs have been configured.
Title Vulnerability in Initial Administrator Login Process
Weaknesses CWE-257
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-21T03:55:09.241Z

Reserved: 2025-08-19T18:25:57.338Z

Link: CVE-2025-57789

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Updated: 2025-08-20T13:31:13.038Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-20T04:16:03.847

Modified: 2025-08-21T14:40:24.883

Link: CVE-2025-57789

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2025-08-21T12:31:30Z