CVE-2025-41438VulnerabilityPublished 29 May 2025

CVE-2025-41438: Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel · Insecure Default

Affects Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire PanelSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

9.8Critical

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 May 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 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel	Affected *	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Given the absence of an official patch, European organizations should immediately audit all deployed CS5000 Fire Panels to identify if the default account credentials remain unchanged. The primary mitigation is to SSH into each device and change the default account password to a strong, unique credential. Organizations should implement strict access controls and network segmentation to limit exposure of these devices to untrusted networks. Monitoring and logging SSH access attempts should be enabled to detect unauthorized access attempts. Additionally, organizations should consider deploying intrusion detection systems tailored to industrial control systems to identify anomalous behavior. Until a vendor patch is available, physical security controls should be enhanced to prevent unauthorized local access. Finally, organizations should engage with Consilium Safety for updates and advisories and prepare for timely patch deployment once available.

Description

The CS5000 Fire Panel is vulnerable due to a default account that exists on the panel. Even though it is possible to change this by SSHing into the device, it has remained unchanged on every installed system observed. This account is not root but holds high-level permissions that could severely impact the device's operation if exploited.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of this vulnerability is significant due to the critical safety role the CS5000 Fire Panel plays in fire detection and emergency response systems. Exploitation could lead to suppression or manipulation of fire alarms, delaying emergency response and increasing the risk of injury, loss of life, and property damage. Facilities such as hospitals, manufacturing plants, data centers, airports, and commercial buildings relying on these panels could face operational disruptions and regulatory non-compliance. Additionally, attackers could leverage this access to pivot into broader network environments, potentially compromising sensitive data or other critical infrastructure components. The high severity and ease of exploitation without authentication make this a pressing concern for organizations responsible for safety-critical environments.

Summary

CVE-2025-41438 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Consilium Safety CS5000 Fire Panel, a device widely used for fire detection and alarm management in industrial and commercial facilities. The vulnerability stems from the presence of a default account on the device that has not been changed in any observed installations. Although this account is not the root user, it possesses high-level permissions capable of significantly impacting the device's operation if exploited. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-1188, which relates to the use of default credentials that are not changed or disabled, leading to unauthorized access risks. The CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 reflects the severity, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) of the affected system. Since the CS5000 Fire Panel controls critical fire safety functions, exploitation could allow attackers to disable alarms, manipulate sensor data, or cause false alarms, potentially endangering lives and property. No patches have been released yet, and no known exploits are currently observed in the wild, but the presence of a default high-privilege account makes this vulnerability highly exploitable and dangerous.

CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default (opens in a new tab)
Base weakness
The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the product's installer, administrator, or maintainer, but the default is not secure.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Forgot Password (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V2.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V2.6.2 (opens in a new tab)
V2.7.6 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 7 Jul 2025, 21:26 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-1188

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