CVE-2025-61666 Traccar Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion on Windows - Leakage of Traccar Config File
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files, including configuration files with passwords, on Windows installations of Traccar.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-61666?
CVE-2025-61666 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in traccar, published on 2 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Traccar is an open source GPS tracking system. Default installs of Traccar on Windows between versions 6.1- 6.8.1 and non default installs between versions 5.8 - 6.0 are vulnerable to unauthenticated local file inclusion attacks which can lead to leakage of passwords or any file on the file system including the Traccar configuration file. Versions 5.8 - 6.0 are only vulnerable if <entry key='web.override'>./override</entry> is set in the configuration file. Versions 6.1 - 6.8.1 are vulnerable by default as the web override is enabled by default. The vulnerable code is removed in version 6.9.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61666?
How do I fix CVE-2025-61666?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61666 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-61666 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-61666 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hprc-rph8-fj87.