CVE-2025-57796
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 · uneditedExplorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 use reversible symmetric encryption with a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data, including user passwords and system configurations. This approach allows stored values to be decrypted offline if the encrypted data are obtained.
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 confidenceExplorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.12 implement reversible symmetric encryption using a hardcoded static key to protect sensitive data such as user passwords and system configurations. An attacker with access to the encrypted data can decrypt it offline using the known static key, compromising confidentiality of stored credentials and configuration secrets.
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< 8.14.12CVSS 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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/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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Confirm Explorance Blue installationIdentify if Explorance Blue is installed on the system and locate its installation directoryAffected if Explorance Blue is not installed or cannot be located
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Determine installed versionUse system utilities or Explorance Blue's built-in version check to obtain the exact version number of the installed instanceAffected if Version cannot be determined or is less than 8.14.12
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Compare to affected rangeCompare the installed version against the affected range (versions prior to 8.14.12)Affected if Installed version is less than 8.14.12
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Identify encrypted data storesLocate any repositories, databases, or configuration files containing encrypted user passwords or system configuration data protected by Explorance Blue's encryptionAffected if Encrypted sensitive data stores exist and version is below 8.14.12
The environment is affected if Explorance Blue is installed with a version lower than 8.14.12 and contains encrypted sensitive data protected by the vulnerable encryption mechanism.
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 · scoped8.14.12
Upgrade to Explorance Blue version 8.14.12 or later which implements proper key management. If upgrade is not immediately feasible, audit access controls to prevent unauthorized access to encrypted data stores.
8.14.12
- Verify current installed version of Explorance Blue
- Download Explorance Blue version 8.14.12 or later from the official vendor website
- Review upgrade documentation for any prerequisites
- Perform a backup of the current Blue installation and database
- Execute the upgrade following the vendor's documented upgrade procedure
- Verify the upgrade was successful and the application functions correctly
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
- Consultation8.0 h
- Implementation24.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA8.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-57796 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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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