CVE-2025-6180 Authentication Hijack
Attackers can hijack authentication by intercepting and reusing a pre-authentication token via a race condition in the StrongDM CLI.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-6180?
CVE-2025-6180 is a high-severity vulnerability in StrongDM sdm-cli, published on 20 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The StrongDM Client insufficiently protected a pre-authentication token. Attackers could exploit this to intercept and reuse the token, potentially redeeming valid authentication credentials through a race condition.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6180?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6180?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6180 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6180 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-54jv-mpgv-wvp2.