# CVE-2025-13807: orionsec orion-ops API MachineKeyController.java MachineKeyController improper authorization

> Remote attackers can bypass authorization checks in the MachineKeyController API of orion-ops, potentially accessing restricted functionality.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 1 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2vgr-2fqq-2wwf

## What is CVE-2025-13807?

CVE-2025-13807 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in orionsec orion-ops, published on 1 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in orionsec orion-ops up to 5925824997a3109651bbde07460958a7be249ed1. Affected is the function MachineKeyController of the file orion-ops-api/orion-ops-web/src/main/java/cn/orionsec/ops/controller/MachineKeyController.java of the component API. The manipulation results in improper authorization. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13807?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Orionsec Orion Ops.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13807?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13807 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13807 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13807 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in orionsec orion-ops

- [CVE-2025-13808](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13808/): orionsec orion-ops User Profile UserController.java update improper authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-13809](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13809/): orionsec orion-ops SSH Connection MachineInfoController.java server-side request forgery (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13807 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13807 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in orionsec orion-ops, published on 1 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13807 exists.

Affected product: orionsec orion-ops. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13807/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13807/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13807
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13807
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13807

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13807/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.