9.8

CVE-2025-44954: commscope ruckus_smartzone_firmware Use of Default Cryptographic Key

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
Published 04-08-2025Last modified 05-08-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-44954 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Default Cryptographic Key vulnerability in commscope ruckus_smartzone_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.73%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build has a hardcoded SSH private key for a root-equivalent user account.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 0.75% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Commscope1 product
Ruckus1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links