CVE-2025-52374
Use of hardcoded cryptographic key in Encryption.cs in hMailServer 5.8.6 and 5.6.9-beta allows...
Use of hardcoded cryptographic key in Encryption.cs in hMailServer 5.8.6 and 5.6.9-beta allows attacker to decrypt passwords to other servers from hMailAdmin.exe.config file to access other hMailServer admin consoles with configured connections.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Use of hardcoded cryptographic key in Encryption.cs in hMailServer 5.8.6 and 5.6.9-beta allows attacker to decrypt passwords to other servers from hMailAdmin.exe.config file to access other hMailServer admin consoles with configured connections.
- Record
CVE-2025-52374- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-22112
Use of hardcoded cryptographic key in Encryption.cs in hMailServer 5.8.6 and 5.6.9-beta allows attacker to decrypt passwords to other servers from hMailAdmin.exe.config file to access other hMailServer admin consoles with configured connections.
- Record
EUVD-2025-22112- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q363-f26m-jj5j
Use of hardcoded cryptographic key in Encryption.cs in hMailServer 5.8.6 and 5.6.9-beta allows...
Use of hardcoded cryptographic key in Encryption.cs in hMailServer 5.8.6 and 5.6.9-beta allows attacker to decrypt passwords to other servers from hMailAdmin.exe.config file to access other hMailServer admin consoles with configured connections.
- Record
GHSA-q363-f26m-jj5j- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use of hardcoded cryptographic key in Encryption.cs in hMailServer 5.8.6 and 5.6.9-beta allows attacker to decrypt passwords to other servers from hMailAdmin.exe.config file to access other hMailServer admin consoles with configured connections.
- Record
CVE-2025-52374- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-52374 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Hmailserver, published July 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.