CVE-2025-57796
Use of a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data in Explorance Blue
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data, including user passwords and system configurations. This approach allows stored values to be decrypted offline if the encrypted data are obtained.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.8
Use of a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data in Explorance Blue
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data, including user passwords and system configurations. This approach allows stored values to be decrypted offline if the encrypted data are obtained.
- Record
CVE-2025-57796- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-257
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206466
6.8
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data, including user passwords and system configurations. This approach allows stored values to be decrypted offline if the encrypted data are obtained.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206466- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cc53-w5wm-253v
6.8
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded...
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data, including user passwords and system configurations. This approach allows stored values to be decrypted offline if the encrypted data are obtained.
- Record
GHSA-cc53-w5wm-253v- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-257
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.8
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data, including user passwords and system configurations. This approach allows stored values to be decrypted offline if the encrypted data are obtained.
- Record
CVE-2025-57796- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-257
- 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-2025-57796 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Explorance Blue, published January 28, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
explorance.com/products/blue
online-help.explorance.com/blue/articles/security-advisories-(january-2026)
online-help.explorance.com/blue/articles/security-advisory:-cve-2025-57796
github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026-0005.md
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57796
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc53-w5wm-253v