# CVE-2025-15065: Data Exposure in Kings Information & Network KESS Enterprise

> Attackers can access sensitive unencrypted files and escalate privileges in KESS Enterprise due to missing encryption and improper file permissions.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 31 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h867-r9h7-gw3j

## What is CVE-2025-15065?

CVE-2025-15065 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kings Information & Network Co. KESS Enterprise, published on 29 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor, Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data, Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability in Kings Information & Network Co. KESS Enterprise on Windows allows Privilege Escalation, Modify Existing Service, Modify Shared File.This issue affects KESS Enterprise: before *.25.9.19.exe

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties), CWE-311 (Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15065?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-15065?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15065 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15065 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kings Information & Network Co. KESS Enterprise, published on 29 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Kings Information & Network Co. KESS Enterprise. 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-2025-15065/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15065/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15065
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15065
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15065

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15065/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.