CVE-2025-34217: Vasion Print Virtual Appliance Host · Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Affects Vasion Print Virtual Appliance HostSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 10.0 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Sep 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Vasion Print Virtual Appliance Host | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Immediate mitigation steps include identifying all Vasion Print Virtual Appliance Hosts in the environment and auditing for the presence of the 'printerlogic' user and its authorized_keys file. Organizations should remove or replace the hardcoded SSH public key with unique, securely generated keys per deployment. The 'printerlogic' user account should be disabled or removed if not essential, or at minimum, its sudoers privileges must be restricted to prevent passwordless root access. Network segmentation should be enforced to limit access to the appliance from untrusted sources. Monitoring for unusual SSH login attempts or privilege escalations related to this user is critical. Since no official patches are currently available, organizations should engage with Vasion for updates and apply vendor-supplied patches as soon as they are released. Additionally, implementing multi-factor authentication for administrative access and employing host-based intrusion detection systems can help detect and prevent exploitation attempts. Regularly reviewing and hardening appliance configurations will reduce attack surface exposure.
Description
Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host and Application (VA/SaaS deployments) contain an undocumented 'printerlogic' user with a hardcoded SSH public key in '~/.ssh/authorized_keys' and a sudoers rule granting the printerlogic_ssh group 'NOPASSWD: ALL'. Possession of the matching private key gives an attacker root access to the appliance.
References
- pierrekim.github.io/blog/2025-04-08-vasion-printerlogic-83-vulnerabilities.html (opens in a new tab)
- help.printerlogic.com/va/Print/Security/Security-Bulletins.htm (opens in a new tab)
- help.printerlogic.com/saas/Print/Security/Security-Bulletins.htm (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com/advisories/vasion-print-printerlogic-incorrect-encryption-algorithms-used-to-store-passwords (opens in a new tab)