Improper AuthenticationWeakness · CWE-287

CVE-2025-10772

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-22
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was identified in huggingface LeRobot up to 0.3.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file lerobot/common/robot_devices/robots/lekiwi_remote.py of the component ZeroMQ Socket Handler. The manipulation leads to missing authentication. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

LeRobot up to version 0.3.3 contains a missing authentication vulnerability in the ZeroMQ socket handler within lekiwi_remote.py. An attacker on the local network can connect to the unprotected ZeroMQ socket and interact with robot devices without any authentication credentials.

MitigationImplement authentication (such as ZAP - ZeroMQ Authentication Protocol) for the ZeroMQ socket, including certificate-based or password-based authentication, and restrict network access to trusted IPs within the local network.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Check LeRobot version
    Run 'pip show lerobot' or 'pip list | grep lerobot' to identify the installed version of LeRobot
    Affected if The installed version is 0.3.3 or earlier (any version up to and including 0.3.3)
  2. Locate lekiwi_remote.py
    Search for lekiwi_remote.py in the LeRobot installation directory (typically in site-packages/lerobot or the source tree) using 'find /path/to/lerobot -name lekiwi_remote.py'
    Affected if The file lekiwi_remote.py exists in the installed LeRobot package
  3. Verify ZeroMQ is being used
    Inspect lekiwi_remote.py for ZeroMQ imports (zmq, zmq.auth) and socket creation patterns (zmq.Context, socket.bind)
    Affected if LeRobot is using ZeroMQ sockets without authentication enabled
  4. Check ZeroMQ socket configuration
    Review the lekiwi_remote.py code around the ZeroMQ bind call to see if ZAP (ZeroMQ Authentication Protocol) or any authentication mechanism is configured. Look for zmq.auth or zmq.AUTH_* settings
    Affected if The ZeroMQ socket is bound without any authentication configuration (no ZAP, no certificate, no password)
  5. Confirm network exposure
    Check if the ZeroMQ socket is bound to a network interface accessible from other hosts (0.0.0.0 or non-loopback IP) rather than localhost only
    Affected if The ZeroMQ socket listens on a network-accessible interface and is reachable from the local network

You are affected if you are running LeRobot version 0.3.3 or earlier and the lekiwi_remote.py component is in use with an unauthenticated ZeroMQ socket exposed to the local network.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement authentication (such as ZAP - ZeroMQ Authentication Protocol) for the ZeroMQ socket, including certificate-based or password-based authentication, and restrict network access to trusted IPs within the local network.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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