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CVE-2025-53913VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-53913: Calix GigaCenter ONT · Improper Privilege Management

Affects Calix GigaCenter ONTSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.0 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.0High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate the risk posed by CVE-2025-53913, European organizations should take the following specific actions: 1) Conduct an immediate inventory of deployed Calix GigaCenter ONT models to identify affected devices. 2) Restrict physical and local network access to ONTs by enforcing strict access controls, including secure facility management and network segmentation to isolate ONTs from general user networks. 3) Implement network monitoring focused on anomalous activities around ONTs, such as unexpected configuration changes or traffic patterns indicative of privilege abuse. 4) Engage with Calix support channels to obtain information on forthcoming patches or firmware updates and plan for rapid deployment once available. 5) Where possible, disable or limit management interfaces on ONTs that are not required for operational purposes to reduce the attack surface. 6) Educate on-site personnel and contractors about the risks of physical tampering and ensure secure handling of network equipment. 7) Consider deploying additional security controls such as Network Access Control (NAC) to prevent unauthorized devices from connecting to the local network segments hosting ONTs. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on access restriction, monitoring, and proactive vendor engagement tailored to the specific nature of this vulnerability.

Description

Excessive Privileges vulnerability in Calix GigaCenter ONT (Quantenna SoC modules) allows Privilege Abuse.This issue affects GigaCenter ONT: 844E, 844G, 844GE, 854GE, 812G, 813G, 818G.

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