dbcve.org
Insufficiently Protected CredentialsWeakness · CWE-522

CVE-2025-3078

HIGH · 8.7 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
See remediation →
93/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable 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 passback vulnerability which relates to production printers and office multifunction printers.

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 · low confidence

The official description provides minimal detail, indicating only that this is a 'passback vulnerability' affecting production printers and office multifunction printers. Passback attacks typically involve bypassing authentication mechanisms by relaying credentials or session tokens through an unintended path, but the specific technical implementation and attack vector are not described in the available material.

MitigationWithout detailed technical information on the specific vulnerability, recommend generic hardening: restrict network access to printer management interfaces, disable unnecessary protocols, and contact the vendor for specific firmware updates or patches.

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
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify printer and multifunction device inventory
    Scan your network for devices running print services (ports 631, 9100, 80, 443) or enumerate known printer IP addresses. Record manufacturer, model, and firmware version from device web interfaces or SNMP responses.
    Affected if Devices match production printers or office multifunction printers from any major vendor and firmware version cannot be confirmed as patched.
  2. Verify printer management interface exposure
    Check network accessibility of printer web interfaces (HTTP/HTTPS on ports 80/443 or vendor-specific ports) from network segments outside the local subnet. Use nmap or netcat to test external accessibility.
    Affected if Printer admin interfaces are reachable from untrusted network segments or the internet without firewall restrictions.
  3. Inspect authentication configuration
    Access printer web UI or admin console and review authentication settings. Check for options related to 'passback', 'credential caching', 'LDAP bind', or 'NTLM authentication'. Verify whether authentication is enforced for all print job submissions.
    Affected if Authentication is disabled, set to 'optional', or allows unauthenticated access to print job submission or admin functions.
  4. Review network protocol settings
    Examine enabled protocols on the device: IPP, LPD, RAW printing, SNMP, HTTP, FTP. Identify if protocols allow unauthenticated command execution or if they proxy authentication to backend systems.
    Affected if Unnecessary printing protocols are enabled or protocols permit relaying of authentication credentials without validation.
  5. Check for vendor firmware updates
    Compare your installed firmware version against the vendor support website for your printer model. Search for CVE-2025-3078 or 'passback' related security advisories.
    Affected if No patch is available from the vendor or installed firmware predates any security update addressing this issue.

You are likely affected if your environment contains production printers or multifunction devices with accessible management interfaces and authentication can be bypassed or relayed through the device to backend systems.

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

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

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

Without detailed technical information on the specific vulnerability, recommend generic hardening: restrict network access to printer management interfaces, disable unnecessary protocols, and contact the vendor for specific firmware updates or patches.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
2.0 hours of engineering $750
Get help mitigating

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $1,200.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2025-3078 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

Get it on GitHub Scan in the browser

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-3078 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data