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title: "CVE-2025-10678: NetBird VPN does not remove the default password of an admin account"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-10678/
description: "CVE-2025-10678 (github.com/netbirdio/netbird (Go)): NetBird VPN when installed using vendor's provided script failed to remove or change default password of…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-10-20
date_modified: 2025-10-20
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-10678"
kev: false
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.0042
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-10678: NetBird VPN does not remove the default password of an admin account

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.4% , percentile 35: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/netbirdio/netbird (Go) < 0.57.0, fixed in 0.57.0 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

NetBird VPN when installed using vendor's provided script failed to remove or change default password of an admin account created by ZITADEL. This issue affects instances installed using vendor's provided script. This issue may affect instances created with Docker if the default password was not changed nor the user was removed. This issue has been fixed in version 0.57.0

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/netbirdio/netbird` < 0.57.0 → fixed: 0.57.0

## Affected products (CVE record)

- NetBird VPN NetBird: < 0.57.0

## Severity

- CERT-PL CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact partial .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 35.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-g3j4-58mp-3x25](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3j4-58mp-3x25)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-10678](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10678)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-10678](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10678)
- [cert.pl](https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/10/CVE-2025-10678)
- [netbird.io](https://netbird.io/)
- [github.com](https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/commit/cf7f6c355f713e83cf171b79e08dac60b316e4fd)

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