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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-3461

The Quantenna Wi-Fi chips ship with an unauthenticated telnet interface by default.

Published Jun 8, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 9, 2025 · ON Semiconductor Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3461. EPSS is 0.55%. Act only if a listed version of ON Semiconductor Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.55%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor ON Semiconductor Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset 0 ≤8.0.0.28

The Quantenna Wi-Fi chips ship with an unauthenticated telnet interface by default. This is an instance of CWE-306, "Missing Authentication for Critical Function," and is estimated as a CVSS 9.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue affects Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset through version 8.0.0.28 of the latest SDK, and appears to be unpatched at the time of this CVE record's first publishing, though the vendor has released a best practices guide for implementors of this chipset.

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  • vendor ON Semiconductor Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset 0 ≤8.0.0.280 ≤8.0.0.28

How to fix CVE-2025-3461

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3461. EPSS is 0.55%. Act only if a listed version of ON Semiconductor Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with ON Semiconductor Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset 0 ≤8.0.0.28 0 ≤8.0.0.28. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.55%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 8, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Quantenna Wi-Fi chips ship with an unauthenticated telnet interface by default. This is an instance of CWE-306, "Missing Authentication for Critical Function," and is estimated as a CVSS 9.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue affects Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset through version 8.0.0.28 of the latest SDK, and appears to be unpatched at the time of this CVE record's first pub

  2. Jun 9, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Quantenna Wi-Fi chips ship with an unauthenticated telnet interface by default. This is an instance of CWE-306, "Missing Authentication for Critical Function," and is estimated as a CVSS 9.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue affects Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset through version 8.0.0.28 of the latest SDK, and appears to be unpatched at the time of this CVE record's first pub

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-3461

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-3461

    30-day exploitation probability 0.6%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-17410

    The Quantenna Wi-Fi chips ship with an unauthenticated telnet interface by default. This is an instance of CWE-306, "Missing Authentication for Critical Function," and is estimated as a CVSS 9.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue affects Quantenna Wi-Fi ch

    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.