A critical vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-49825, was discovered in Teleport's secure access platform. This flaw allows attackers to remotely bypass authentication controls, potentially granting unauthorized access to sensitive infrastructure and systems. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Teleport, necessitating immediate security updates. While cloud customers received automatic updates, organizations managing their own agents must manually update to prevent security breaches. This vulnerability poses a significant threat to the security and integrity of Teleport deployments worldwide.
Source: https://cybersecuritynews.com/critical-teleport-vulnerability/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/go-teleport
"id": "go-901062325",
"linkid": "go-teleport",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "6/2025",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Cybersecurity',
'name': 'Teleport',
'type': 'Secure Access Platform'}],
'attack_vector': 'Remote Authentication Bypass',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-06-09',
'description': 'A critical vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-49825, '
'allows attackers to remotely bypass authentication controls '
'in Teleport, a popular secure access platform. The '
'vulnerability affects multiple versions of Teleport '
'infrastructure, prompting immediate security updates across '
'all deployment environments.',
'impact': {'systems_affected': 'Teleport versions prior to 17.5.2, 16.5.12, '
'15.5.3, 14.4.1, 13.4.27, and 12.4.35'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Network access to vulnerable '
'Teleport instances',
'high_value_targets': 'Sensitive infrastructure and '
'systems'},
'motivation': 'Unauthorized Access',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Update all Teleport agents '
'to the latest patch release',
'root_causes': 'Unpatched Teleport versions'},
'recommendations': 'Enroll in Managed Updates v2 for automated patch '
'management, regularly update Teleport agents',
'response': {'containment_measures': 'Automatic agent updates for Managed '
'Updates v2, manual updates for '
'self-managed environments',
'remediation_measures': 'Identify vulnerable agents using tctl '
'inventory commands, upgrade agents '
'using package managers, enroll in '
'Managed Updates v2'},
'title': 'CVE-2025-49825 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Teleport',
'type': 'Vulnerability Exploit',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'CVE-2025-49825'}