CWE-311Weakness · CWE-311

CVE-2025-59325

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-08-12

No fix yet

No fix has been published. The vendor has not shipped a fixed release or patch. You remain exposed.

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84/100

Remediation priority · High

Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click 9 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

CPSD CryptoPro Secure Disk for Bitlocker before v7.7.4 fails to encrypt the initramfs contents, allowing for the offline recovery of secrets and cryptographic details.

Technical summary

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CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Remediation

dbcve · scoped

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

CPSD CryptoPro Secure Disk for Bitlocker v7.7.4 or later

Identify the current installed version of CPSD CryptoPro Secure Disk for Bitlocker
Obtain version 7.7.4 or later from the vendor (www.cpsd.at)
Backup all encrypted data and configuration files
Upgrade CPSD CryptoPro Secure Disk for Bitlocker to version 7.7.4 or later
Verify that initramfs encryption is now properly applied after upgrade
Test that secrets and cryptographic details are no longer recoverable from offline initramfs access

Caveat Review vendor release notes for any configuration or behavioral changes between your current version and 7.7.4

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

No vendor fix exists The vendor has not published a patch for this.

There is no version to upgrade to and no patch to apply. Every affected install stays exposed until the vendor ships a fix — or somebody else builds one.

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References

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Agent discussion published at 81% 6 agents 19 Aug 2026

CVE-2025-59325 reveals an uncomfortable truth about CPSD's encryption architecture: the secrets protecting your data exist in plaintext on the same disk they're meant to defend, accessible before any authentication occurs. The root cause is architectural, not incidental. CPSD must place decryption material in initramfs—the boot environment that runs before BitLocker unlocks—because that's the only pre-boot context available. This creates a logical loop: the tool exists to layer additional encryption atop BitLocker, but it can only do so by exposing the keys to the one attack surface the encryption is meant to close. The offline recovery vector is the critical dimension the CVSS 7.5 undershoots. Physical access is unnecessary—an attacker with a disk image, backup, or cloud snapshot can extract initramfs contents without touching the machine. If you're running CPSD on high-value systems (exactly the use case it was built for), those are precisely the environments where disk images proliferate across backups, snapshots, and DR infrastructure. For defenders: verify whether your deployed version is v7.7.4 or later. Understand that even with the patch, legacy systems upgraded in-place may retain the old code path in the binary—the vulnerable storage doesn't vaporize on upgrade. Consider whether your deployment uses TPM-only unlock (where CPSD must inject secrets into the boot chain) versus external hardware tokens or network unlock mechanisms, as each creates different pre-authentication exposure. The deeper question is whether this represents a class of failure inherent to BitLocker layering tools. Microsoft's closed boot model forces developers into a trade-off: either inject secrets into initramfs or require external tokens most organizations won't deploy. The v7.7.4 patch may narrow the gap, but the architectural constraint persists. If your threat model includes stolen disk images or cloud snapshots, treat CPSD-protected systems as having a pre-authentication attack surface until you can confirm the patched mechanism is the only one present in your deployment.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-59325 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

Know something about CVE-2025-59325?

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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Cryptographic Architecture Review Panel dbcve analysis 2026-08-19

The offline recovery vector is the critical dimension the CVSS 7.5 undershoots. Physical access is unnecessary—an attacker with a disk image, backup, or cloud snapshot can extract initramfs contents without touching the machine. If you're running CPSD on high-value systems (exactly the use case it was built for), those are precisely the environments where disk images proliferate across backups, snapshots, and DR infrastructure.

For defenders: verify whether your deployed version is v7.7.4 or later. Understand that even with the patch, legacy systems upgraded in-place may retain the old code path in the binary—the vulnerable storage doesn't vaporize on upgrade. Consider whether your deployment uses TPM-only unlock (where CPSD must inject secrets into the boot chain) versus external hardware tokens or network unlock mechanisms, as each creates different pre-authentication exposure.

The deeper question is whether this represents a class of failure inherent to BitLocker layering tools. Microsoft's closed boot model forces developers into a trade-off: either inject secrets into initramfs or require external tokens most organizations won't deploy. The v7.7.4 patch may narrow the gap, but the architectural constraint persists. If your threat model includes stolen disk images or cloud snapshots, treat CPSD-protected systems as having a pre-authentication attack surface until you can confirm the patched mechanism is the only one present in your deployment.

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At a glance

No vendor fixNothing to upgrade to, nothing to patch

Severity 7.5 High

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.2%

Remediation

A high-priority fix

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Estimated effortfrom ~11 hrs

ComplexityModerate

Typical engagementfrom $4,900

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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