{"id":59907,"date":"2025-08-06T00:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T00:03:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T05:41:38","slug":"cve-2025-46811-critical-missing-authentication-vulnerability-in-suse-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46811-critical-missing-authentication-vulnerability-in-suse-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-46811: Critical Missing Authentication Vulnerability in SUSE Manager<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, a new vulnerability has emerged that holds significant implications for systems running SUSE Manager. Identified as CVE-2025-46811, this vulnerability exposes a critical loophole in authentication for crucial system functions. It allows an attacker with access to a specific websocket to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45346-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-bacula-web-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68390\">potentially compromising sensitive data or the entire system<\/a>.<br \/>\nThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7027-critical-firmware-vulnerability-enabling-arbitrary-memory-writes-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69962\">vulnerability is particularly alarming due to its potential<\/a> wide reach and the severity of its implications. It affects various versions of SUSE Manager, including several container and image versions. Therefore, it is crucial for organizations running these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68389\">systems to understand the vulnerability<\/a> and take immediate action to mitigate their risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-46811<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS Score of 9.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43186-critical-memory-handling-issue-leading-to-unexpected-app-termination-and-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69963\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2132858415\" 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>SUSE Manager | Container suse\/manager\/5.0\/x86_64\/server:5.0.5.7.30.1: before 0.3.7-150600.3.6.2<br \/>\nSUSE Manager | Container suse\/manager\/5.0\/x86_64\/server:5.0.5.7.30.1: before 5.0.14-150600.4.17.1<br \/>\nSUSE Manager | Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS: before 4.3.33-150400.3.55.2<br \/>\nSUSE Manager | Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure: before 4.3.33-150400.3.55.2<br \/>\nSUSE Manager | Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-EC2: before 4.3.33-150400.3.55.2<br \/>\nSUSE Manager | Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE: before 4.3.33-150400.3.55.2<br \/>\nSUSE Manager Server Module | 4.3: before 0.3.7-150400.3.39.4<br \/>\nSUSE Manager Server Module | 4.3: before 4.3.33-150400.3.55.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-46811 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52808-a-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-realtyelite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65913\">vulnerability lies within SUSE Manager&#8217;s authentication process for critical<\/a> functions. An attacker who has network access to the websocket located at \/rhn\/websocket\/minion\/remote-commands can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7692-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-orion-login-with-sms-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69961\">bypass the authentication<\/a> and execute arbitrary commands as the root user. This exploit allows the attacker to potentially seize control of the system or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50060-critical-data-access-vulnerability-in-oracle-bi-publisher\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70144\">access sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-75826416\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability could be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Connect to the websocket\nwebsocket_client -H target.example.com\/rhn\/websocket\/minion\/remote-commands\n# Once connected, execute arbitrary command as root\n{\n&quot;command&quot;: &quot;rm -rf \/&quot;,\n&quot;parameters&quot;: [&quot;--no-preserve-root&quot;]\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that the above <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26074-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-orkes-conductor-v3-21-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68392\">code is a theoretical example and should not be executed<\/a> as it will cause irreparable damage to your filesystem. It is provided for educational purposes only to highlight the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47998-severe-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-windows-routing-and-remote-access-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68391\">severity of the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, a new vulnerability has emerged that holds significant implications for systems running SUSE Manager. Identified as CVE-2025-46811, this vulnerability exposes a critical loophole in authentication for crucial system functions. It allows an attacker with access to a specific websocket to execute arbitrary commands as the root user, potentially [&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-59907","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\/59907","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=59907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62968,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59907\/revisions\/62968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59907"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59907"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59907"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59907"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59907"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59907"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}