# CVE-2025-57796: Use of a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data in Explorance Blue

> Attackers can decrypt sensitive data like passwords and configurations offline due to a hardcoded static encryption key in Explorance Blue.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cc53-w5wm-253v

## What is CVE-2025-57796?

CVE-2025-57796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Explorance Blue, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data, including user passwords and system configurations. This approach allows stored values to be decrypted offline if the encrypted data are obtained.

Weakness: CWE-257 (Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57796?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Explorance Blue.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-57796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-57796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Explorance Blue

- [CVE-2025-57792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57792/): SQL Injection Vulnerability in Explorance Blue (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-57795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57795/): Unauthenticated Remote File Download in Explorance Blue (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-57794](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57794/): Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability in Explorance Blue (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-57793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57793/): SQL Injection Vulnerability in Explorance Blue (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-52344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52344/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-57796 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-57796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Explorance Blue, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Explorance Blue. 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-2025-57796/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57796/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-57796
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57796
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-57796

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57796/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.