CVE-2025-14038CWE-306CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2025-14038

High · published December 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 An unauthenticated attacker can access sensitive gRPC endpoints in EDB Hybrid Manager! Imagine leaving the backdoor to your server wide open — that’s exactly what this misconfiguration does. 🔥 Think of it like a restaurant where the waitstaff can take orders from anyone without checking if they even have a reservation. The vulnerable gRPC endpoints let attackers bypass authentication as easily as that! This vulnerability could allow attackers to read sensitive data straight from your servers or even cause a denial-of-service by sending in malformed data. Just imagine an unwanted guest crashing your party and blocking the doors — chaos! 🚪

Put simply

Think of it like a restaurant where the waitstaff can take orders from anyone without checking if they even have a reservation. The vulnerable gRPC endpoints let attackers bypass authentication as easily as that! The flaw arises from a misconfiguration in the Istio Gateway, where necessary permissions for specific gRPC endpoints weren't defined, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and authorization.

What to do

This vulnerability could allow attackers to read sensitive data straight from your servers or even cause a denial-of-service by sending in malformed data. Just imagine an unwanted guest crashing your party and blocking the doors — chaos! 🚪 Upgrade all versions of EDB Hybrid Manager to 1.3.3 or higher immediately. If you're using the Innovation version, ensure you move to 2025.12 to close this glaring gap. Don't wait! You’ve got this! Follow these steps and you’ll have your system secured in no time! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00232 · 13.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function; CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2025-12-15T23:15Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
enterprisedb/hybrid_manager< 1.3.31.3.3
enterprisedb/hybrid_manager< 2025.12.02025.12.0
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 DEC 18:02Z
    EDB Hybrid Manager contains a flaw that allows an unauthenticated attacker to directly access certain gRPC endpoints
    cvelistv5