# CVE-2025-70082: Lantronix EDS3000PS Unverified Password Change

> Unauthenticated attackers can change the administrator password without knowing the current one, potentially gaining full control of the device.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pc68-63w9-jjcc

## What is CVE-2025-70082?

CVE-2025-70082 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Lantronix EDS3000PS series, published on 11 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The administrator password can be changed without knowledge of the current password. When chained with an authentication bypass vulnerability, this issue may allow unauthenticated attackers to modify the administrator password.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command), CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel), CWE-620 (Unverified Password Change)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-70082?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Lantronix Eds3008ps1ns Firmware, Lantronix Eds3016ps1ns Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-70082?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-70082 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-70082 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-70082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lantronix EDS3000PS series

- [CVE-2025-67039](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67039/): Lantronix EDS3000PS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-67041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67041/): Lantronix EDS3000PS OS Command Injection (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-70082 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-70082 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Lantronix EDS3000PS series, published on 11 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-70082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lantronix EDS3000PS series. 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-2025-70082/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70082/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-70082
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70082
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-70082

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70082/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.