# CVE-2025-7044: Privilege Escalation in MAAS via Websocket Request Manipulation

> An authenticated attacker can escalate privileges to administrator by manipulating websocket requests in MAAS, gaining full control.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6rm3-6fxh-j77h

## What is CVE-2025-7044?

CVE-2025-7044 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ubuntu MAAS, published on 3 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in the user websocket handler of MAAS. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker can intercept a user.update websocket request and inject the is_superuser property set to true. The server improperly validates this input, allowing the attacker to self-promote to an administrator role. This results in full administrative control over the MAAS deployment.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7044?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Canonical Maas.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-7044?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-7044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ubuntu MAAS

- [CVE-2013-1058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1058/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2013-1057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1057/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-7044 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-7044 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ubuntu MAAS, published on 3 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ubuntu MAAS. 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-2025-7044/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7044/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7044
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7044
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-7044

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7044/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.