CVE-2025-34196
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 · uneditedVasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host versions prior to 25.1.102 and Application prior to 25.1.1413 (Windows client deployments) contain a hardcoded private key for the PrinterLogic Certificate Authority (CA) and a hardcoded password in product configuration files. The Windows client ships the CA certificate and its associated private key (and other sensitive settings such as a configured password) directly in shipped configuration files (for example clientsettings.dat and defaults.ini). An attacker who obtains these files can impersonate the CA, sign arbitrary certificates trusted by the Windows client, intercept or decrypt TLS-protected communications, and otherwise perform man-in-the-middle or impersonation attacks against the product's network communications. This vulnerability has been identified by the vendor as: V-2022-001 — Configuration File Contains CA & Private Key.
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 confidenceVasion Print Virtual Appliance and Windows client ship with a hardcoded PrinterLogic CA private key and password embedded in configuration files (clientsettings.dat, defaults.ini). Attackers who obtain these files can impersonate the CA, sign fraudulent certificates trusted by clients, and perform TLS man-in-the-middle attacks to intercept or decrypt all protected network communications.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 25.1.1413< 25.1.102CVSS 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
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Check Virtual Appliance Application versionAccess the Vasion Print Virtual Appliance admin interface or check the application version through the management console. Look for the installed application version number.Affected if The installed version is below 25.1.1413
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Check Virtual Appliance Host versionAccess the Vasion Print Virtual Appliance host system information or check through the hypervisor/host management interface. Look for the host version number.Affected if The installed host version is below 25.1.102
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Locate clientsettings.dat configuration fileSearch the client systems for the file named clientsettings.dat, typically found in the PrinterLogic client installation directory or program data folder. Open the file in a text editor and search for patterns resembling private key data or certificate authority credentials.Affected if The file contains a hardcoded private key, certificate data, or password strings that appear embedded rather than dynamically generated
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Locate defaults.ini configuration fileSearch the installation directories and configuration folders for defaults.ini, commonly located in the application or service configuration path. Open the file and inspect for embedded credential strings, CA key data, or password fields.Affected if The file contains hardcoded private key material, CA credentials, or password values that are static rather than generated per-installation
A system is affected if it runs Vasion Virtual Appliance Application below version 25.1.1413 or Virtual Appliance Host below version 25.1.102, or if either clientsettings.dat or defaults.ini contains hardcoded private key or password strings.
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.
dbcve · scoped25.1.10225.1.1413
Update to Virtual Appliance version 25.1.102 or later and Windows client version 25.1.1413 or later. Regenerate all certificates and rotate any exposed credentials that may have been compromised using the hardcoded key.
Virtual Appliance Host: 25.1.102+ | Virtual Appliance Application: 25.1.1413+
- Upgrade Virtual Appliance Host to version 25.1.102 or later
- Upgrade Virtual Appliance Application to version 25.1.1413 or later (for Windows client deployments)
- After upgrading, verify that the hardcoded private key and password are no longer present in configuration files (clientsettings.dat, defaults.ini)
- Ensure new configuration files use dynamically generated certificates rather than hardcoded credentials
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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