CVE-2025-41698 Draeger: ICMHelper is vulnerable to a privilege escalation due too missing authorization
A low-privileged local attacker can interact with the Draeger ICMHelper service without required user interaction, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-41698?
CVE-2025-41698 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Draeger ICMHelper, published on 5 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A low privileged local attacker can interact with the affected service although user-interaction should not be allowed.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41698?
How do I fix CVE-2025-41698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-41698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-crq9-6p7p-fx3m.