CVE-2025-40897 PUBLISHED

Incorrect authorization for Threat Intelligence in Guardian/CMC before 26.0.0

Assigner: Nozomi
Reserved: 16.04.2025 Published: 15.04.2026 Updated: 15.04.2026

An access control vulnerability was discovered in the Threat Intelligence functionality due to a specific access restriction not being properly enforced for users with view-only privileges. An authenticated user with view-only privileges for the Threat Intelligence functionality can perform administrative actions on it, altering the rules configuration, and/or affecting their availability.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.2

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Nozomi Networks
Product	Guardian
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 26.0.0 (excl.)

Vendor	Nozomi Networks
Product	CMC
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 26.0.0 (excl.)

Workarounds

Remove or revoke access to Threat Intelligence users with view-only privileges until a fix is applied.

Solutions

Upgrade to v26.0.0 or later.

Credits

This issue was found by Andrea Palanca of Nozomi Networks Product Security team during an internal investigation. finder

References

https://security.nozominetworks.com/NN-2026:1-01

Problem Types

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-122 Privilege Abuse