CVE-2025-44955
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 · uneditedRUCKUS Network Director (RND) before 4.5 allows jailed users to obtain root access vis a weak, hardcoded password.
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 confidenceRUCKUS Network Director (RND) versions before 4.5 contain a weak, hardcoded password that allows authenticated users in a jailed (restricted) environment to escalate privileges to root access, achieving full system compromise.
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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< 4.5.0.0CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Identify RUCKUS Network Director versionAccess the RND admin interface or check the installed package/version via system commands (e.g., rpm -q or dpkg -l for the RND package, or look at the About/Help section in the web UI)Affected if The installed version is below 4.5.0.0 (e.g., 4.4.x, 4.3.x, earlier versions)
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Confirm jailed environment feature is in useCheck RND administrative settings for user role configurations, specifically looking for jailed or restricted user environment settings that limit authenticated users to a sandboxed areaAffected if Jailed/restricted user environments are configured and active within RND
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Locate hardcoded credentialInspect RND configuration files, scripts, or application binaries for the presence of a hardcoded password string (exact value unknown from advisory; grep for suspicious embedded credentials in RND installation directories)Affected if A hardcoded password is found embedded in RND files or configurations
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Verify authenticated user accessReview RND user accounts and authentication logs to determine if any non-admin users exist who could leverage the jailed environment to attempt privilege escalationAffected if Standard (non-root) authenticated users have access to the jailed environment
A system is affected if RUCKUS Network Director version is below 4.5.0.0, the jailed environment feature is enabled, and hardcoded credentials are present, allowing authenticated jailed users to escalate to root.
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 data4.5.0.0
Upgrade RUCKUS Network Director to version 4.5 or later to remediate the hardcoded password vulnerability and prevent privilege escalation.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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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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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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