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CVE-2025-40680

MEDIUMCVSS 6.9/10EPSS 0.07%

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CVE-2025-40680 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.9/10 on the CVSS scale. Lack of sensitive data encryption in CapillaryScope v2.5.0 of Capillary io, which stores both the proxy credentials and the JWT session token in plain text within different registry keys on the Windows operating system. Any authenticated local user with read access to the registry can extract these sensitive values.. EPSS estimates a 0.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Lack of sensitive data encryption in CapillaryScope v2.5.0 of Capillary io, which stores both the proxy credentials and the JWT session token in plain text within different registry keys on the Windows operating system. Any authenticated local user with read access to the registry can extract these sensitive values.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0
6.9/10

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS Probability
0.07%

0.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-40680?
Lack of sensitive data encryption in CapillaryScope v2.5.0 of Capillary io, which stores both the proxy credentials and the JWT session token in plain text within different registry keys on the Windows operating system. Any authenticated local user with read access to the registry can extract these sensitive values.
How severe is CVE-2025-40680?
CVE-2025-40680 has a CVSS score of 6.9/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.07% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-40680?
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Source: NVD / NIST