Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-23178

CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

Published Apr 29, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 29, 2025 · Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608

Severity
High7.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
26.0%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 v9.6R3

CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

Technical analysis

Mechanism and impact are interpreted from ingested advisories — not independent exploit research.

  • CWE classification

    No CWE identifiers stored yet.

  • Prerequisites and impact

    Follow the original vendor advisory for access prerequisites and impact. This catalog does not invent exploit conditions.

How to fix CVE-2025-23178

  • Recommended remediation

    A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three reads of the same public record: the decision, the versions on file, and the signals. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch. This page does not publish exploit steps.

Executive

This is a public record, not a confirmed incident. CVE-2025-23178 is a high issue in Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 (CVSS 7.6). CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Next step: Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.

System administrator

Check whether Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 is installed. Ranges on record: Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 v9.6R3 (v9.6R3). Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.

Security analyst

CVSS 7.6. EPSS 26.0%. CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Weaknesses: not classified. Sources: euvd. Exploit links, when listed below, point at the original publisher.

Related intelligence

  • Exploitation evidence

    Not listed as known exploited in CISA KEV. Not in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

  2. Apr 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

Affected versions

Enter an installed version to get a verified affected / not-affected result against the ranges below.

  • vendor Ribbon Communications Apollo 9608 v9.6R3v9.6R3

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12624

    CWE-923: Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.