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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2025-4876 EUVD-2025-15721GHSA-prf9-gx8m-9cfq

Hardcoded Key Revealed in ConnectWise Password Encryption Utility

Published May 19, 2025 · Updated Sep 3, 2025 · Assigned by ConnectWise

Description

ConnectWise-Password-Encryption-Utility.exe in ConnectWise Risk Assessment allows an attacker to extract a hardcoded AES decryption key via reverse engineering. This key is embedded in plaintext within the binary and used in cryptographic operations without dynamic key management. Once obtained the key can be used to decrypt CSV input files used for authenticated network scanning.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ConnectWise Risk Assessment All versions prior to deprecation (July 2023) —

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