CVE-2025-2538 (GCVE-0-2025-2538)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-20 20:50 – Updated: 2025-10-01 03:55
VLAI?
Summary
A hardcoded credential vulnerability exists in a specific deployment pattern for Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 11.4 and below that may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain administrative access to the system.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esri | Portal for ArcGIS |
Affected:
All , ≤ 11.4
(Portal for ArcGIS)
|
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