# CVE-2025-59097: Unauthenticated SOAP API in dormakaba access manager

> Unauthenticated SOAP API allows attackers to control access managers, open doors, and change admin passwords without credentials.

- **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:** 26 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-58xh-r44m-24vv

## What is CVE-2025-59097?

CVE-2025-59097 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in dormakaba Access Manager 92xx-k5, published on 26 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The exos 9300 application can be used to configure Access Managers (e.g. 92xx, 9230 and 9290). The configuration is done in a graphical user interface on the dormakaba exos server. As soon as the save button is clicked in exos 9300, the whole configuration is sent to the selected Access Manager via SOAP. The SOAP request is sent without any prior authentication or authorization by default. Though authentication and authorization can be configured using IPsec for 92xx-K5 devices and mTLS for 92xx-K7 devices, it is not enabled by default and must therefore be activated with additional steps.

This insecure default allows an attacker with network level access to completely control the whole environment. An attacker is for example easily able to conduct the following tasks without prior authentication:
- Re-configure Access Managers (e.g. remove alarming system requirements)
- Freely re-configure the inputs and outputs
- Open all connected doors permanently
- Open all doors for a defined time interval
- Change the admin password
- and many more

Network level access can be gained due to an insufficient network segmentation as well as missing LAN firewalls. Devices with an insecure configuration have been identified to be directly exposed to the internet.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59097?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-59097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59097 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in dormakaba Access Manager 92xx-k5, published on 26 Jan 2026. 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-2025-59097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: dormakaba Access Manager 92xx-k5. 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-2025-59097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.