Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-44954

RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build has a hardcoded SSH private key for a root-equivalent user account.

Published Aug 4, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2025 · RUCKUS SmartZone

Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-44954. EPSS is 0.74%. Act only if a listed version of RUCKUS SmartZone is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.74%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor RUCKUS SmartZone 0 <6.1.2p3 Refresh Build

RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build has a hardcoded SSH private key for a root-equivalent user account.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor RUCKUS SmartZone 0 <6.1.2p3 Refresh Build0 <6.1.2p3 Refresh Build

How to fix CVE-2025-44954

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-2025-44954. EPSS is 0.74%. Act only if a listed version of RUCKUS SmartZone is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with RUCKUS SmartZone 0 <6.1.2p3 Refresh Build 0 <6.1.2p3 Refresh Build. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.74%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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. Aug 4, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build has a hardcoded SSH private key for a root-equivalent user account.

  2. Aug 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build has a hardcoded SSH private key for a root-equivalent user account.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-44954

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-44954

    30-day exploitation probability 0.74%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23526

    RUCKUS SmartZone (SZ) before 6.1.2p3 Refresh Build has a hardcoded SSH private key for a root-equivalent user account.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026