# CVE-2025-40837: Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 - Missing Authorization Vulnerability

> Attackers can access the system with higher privileges than intended due to missing authorization checks in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 25 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x5h9-c773-h286

## What is CVE-2025-40837?

CVE-2025-40837 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855, published on 25 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 contains a missing authorization vulnerability which if exploited can allow access to the system as a user with higher privileges than intended.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40837?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-40837?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40837 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-40837 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40837 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855

- [CVE-2025-27261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27261/): Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-40836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40836/): Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 - Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-40842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40842/): Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-27262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27262/): Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command Vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-27260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27260/): Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 - Improper Filtering of Special Elements Vulnerability (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40837 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40837 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855, published on 25 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40837 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855. 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-2025-40837/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40837/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40837
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40837
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40837

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40837/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.