CVE-2025-13293 Backdoor / default root credentials
An unauthenticated remote attacker can gain root access to TBEA TLogger devices via SSH using hard-coded default credentials, leading to full administrative control.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13293?
CVE-2025-13293 is a critical vulnerability in TBEA TLogger (TBEA Communication Box 3rd Generation), published on 10 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A hard-coded or default root account credential in TBEA TLogger V2.1.0.0B0.0.0.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain root-level access to the device via the exposed SSH service. The root password can be recovered from the password hash stored in /etc/shadow and used to authenticate to the SSH service. Successful exploitation provides full administrative control of the affected device.
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13293?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13293?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13293 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13293 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8hj2-2q8g-jqhw.