CVE-2025-53963 describes a critical vulnerability in Thermo Fisher Ion Torrent OneTouch 2 INS1005527 devices, affecting both the device and its firmware. The flaw allows an attacker with network access to gain root code execution due to an SSH server with a weak, unchangeable default password ("ionadmin") for the root account. Rated 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), this vulnerability presents a high risk with low attack complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) are currently available and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, the vulnerability affects unsupported products, limiting the likelihood of official patches.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:thermofisher:ion_torrent_onetouch_2_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.