# CVE-2025-22273: Lack of rate-limiting in password change mechanism in CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager

> Attackers can brute force passwords via the ChangePassword endpoint due to missing rate limiting, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pcp6-pxxr-g2vh

## What is CVE-2025-22273?

CVE-2025-22273 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager, published on 28 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Application does not limit the number or frequency of user interactions, such as the number of incoming requests. At the "/EPMUI/VfManager.asmx/ChangePassword" endpoint it is possible to perform a brute force attack on the current password in use.

This issue affects CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager in SaaS version 24.7.1. The status of other versions is unknown. After multiple attempts to contact the vendor we did not receive any answer.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22273?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-22273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-22273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22273 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22273 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager, published on 28 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager. 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-2025-22273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22273/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22273
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22273
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22273

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22273/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.