CVE-2025-1242
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 · uneditedThe administrative credentials can be extracted through application API responses, mobile application reverse engineering, and device firmware reverse engineering. The exposure may result in an attacker gaining full administrative access to the Gardyn IoT Hub exposing connected devices to malicious control.
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 · high confidenceThe Gardyn IoT Hub exposes administrative credentials through multiple vectors including API responses, mobile application reverse engineering, and device firmware reverse engineering. This allows attackers to extract plaintext credentials and gain full administrative access to the IoT hub, exposing all connected devices to malicious control.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Gardyn IoT Hub installationSearch your network inventory, device lists, or running services for Gardyn IoT Hub or related Gardyn productsAffected if Gardyn IoT Hub is present in the environment
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Inspect API responses for plaintext credentialsCapture and review API responses from the Gardyn hub using a proxy or network sniffer; look for any fields containing username, password, token, or credential-like strings in plaintextAffected if API responses contain plaintext administrative credentials
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Examine mobile application for extractable credentialsIf a Gardyn mobile app is in use, obtain the APK or IPA file and inspect strings, config files, or embedded resources for hardcoded credentials or API keysAffected if Mobile app binaries contain hardcoded or easily extractable credentials
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Analyze device firmware for credential exposureObtain firmware images from the Gardyn hub and extract filesystem contents; search for plaintext passwords, API keys, or credential filesAffected if Firmware contains plaintext credentials or easily reversible credential storage
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Verify credential storage encryptionCheck configuration files, databases, or storage locations on the hub for encrypted versus plaintext credential storageAffected if Credentials are stored unencrypted at rest
If Gardyn IoT Hub is deployed and credentials are exposed via API responses, mobile app, or firmware, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement secure credential storage and transmission: remove credentials from API responses, implement proper authentication tokens, encrypt sensitive data at rest, and obfuscate/harden mobile app and firmware to resist reverse engineering.
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- Review / QA16.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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