# CVE-2025-41438: Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

> Attackers can exploit a default high-privilege account on Consilium Safety CS5000 fire panels to gain unauthorized access and disrupt operations.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:** 29 May 2025
- **Updated:** 30 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-85xp-66c9-65fx

## What is CVE-2025-41438?

CVE-2025-41438 is a critical vulnerability in Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel, published on 29 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The CS5000 Fire Panel is vulnerable due to a default account that exists
 on the panel. Even though it is possible to change this by SSHing into 
the device, it has remained unchanged on every installed system 
observed. This account is not root but holds high-level permissions that
 could severely impact the device's operation if exploited.

Weakness: CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41438?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-41438?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-41438 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41438 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-41438 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-41438 is a critical vulnerability in Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel, published on 29 May 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-2025-41438 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel. 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-2025-41438/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41438/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41438
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41438
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-41438

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41438/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.