{"id":52516,"date":"2025-06-16T15:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:14:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:42:19","slug":"cve-2025-49652-missing-authentication-vulnerability-in-lablup-s-backendai-registration-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49652-missing-authentication-vulnerability-in-lablup-s-backendai-registration-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-49652: Missing Authentication Vulnerability in Lablup&#8217;s BackendAI Registration Feature<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is grappling with yet another vulnerability, this time within Lablup&#8217;s BackendAI. Specifically, CVE-2025-49652 is an alarming flaw that allows arbitrary users to create user accounts and access private data, even when registration is disabled. Given the ubiquity of Lablup&#8217;s BackendAI in various industries, this vulnerability represents a significant risk, potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21460-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-guest-vm-buffer-processing-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59011\">leading to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage. Addressing this issue should be a top priority for all organizations relying on BackendAI to mitigate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21469-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59032\">potential systemic<\/a> damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-49652<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21468-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59060\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-511866057\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Lablup BackendAI | All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49137-critical-vulnerability-in-hax-cms-php-prior-to-version-11-0-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62798\">versions prior<\/a> to patch release<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The flaw in question, CVE-2025-49652, resides in the registration feature of Lablup&#8217;s BackendAI. It is the result of missing authentication, which allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3055-critical-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wp-user-frontend-pro-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59183\">arbitrary users<\/a> to create user accounts and access private data, even when registration is disabled. This means that an attacker could take advantage of this vulnerability to create an account without any administrative oversight, hence gaining unauthorized access to sensitive user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21462-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59090\">data and potentially compromising the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-403119686\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5671-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-n302r-plus-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59601\">vulnerability could be conceptually illustrated with an HTTP request<\/a> similar to the one below. In this example, the attacker sends a POST request to the registration endpoint with their details, effectively creating a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-34509-hardcoded-user-account-in-sitecore-xm-and-xp-enabling-unauthenticated-remote-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62797\">user account<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/register HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-backendai.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;username&quot;: &quot;attacker&quot;,\n&quot;password&quot;: &quot;attacker_password&quot;,\n&quot;email&quot;: &quot;attacker@example.com&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this scenario, even though the registration feature is ostensibly disabled, the system still processes the request and creates a new user account, granting the attacker access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31222-potential-privilege-elevation-and-system-compromise-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59701\">system and potentially<\/a> private data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-49842-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-protected-vm-address-space\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59012\">address this vulnerability<\/a>, users are strongly advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it is available. In the meantime, the use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation measure, helping to detect and block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24274-input-validation-issue-exploitable-via-malicious-app-on-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59600\">malicious attempts to exploit<\/a> this vulnerability. However, these are only temporary solutions, and applying the vendor patch is the most effective way to permanently fix this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is grappling with yet another vulnerability, this time within Lablup&#8217;s BackendAI. Specifically, CVE-2025-49652 is an alarming flaw that allows arbitrary users to create user accounts and access private data, even when registration is disabled. Given the ubiquity of Lablup&#8217;s BackendAI in various industries, this vulnerability represents a significant risk, potentially leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-52516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52516"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56414,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52516\/revisions\/56414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=52516"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=52516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}