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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-46548

If you enable Basic Authentication in Pekko Management using the Java DSL, the authenticator may not be properly applied.

Published Jun 3, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 11, 2025 · Lightbend Apache Pekko Management

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-46548. EPSS is 0.75%. Act only if a listed version of Lightbend Apache Pekko Management is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.75%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Lightbend Apache Pekko Management 1.0.0 <1.1.1

If you enable Basic Authentication in Pekko Management using the Java DSL, the authenticator may not be properly applied. Users that rely on authentication instead of making sure the Management API ports are only available to trusted users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.1.1, which fixes this issue. Akka was affected by the same issue and has released the fix in version 1.6.1.

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 Lightbend Apache Pekko Management 1.0.0 <1.1.11.0.0 <1.1.1

How to fix CVE-2025-46548

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-2025-46548. EPSS is 0.75%. Act only if a listed version of Lightbend Apache Pekko Management is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Lightbend Apache Pekko Management 1.0.0 <1.1.1 1.0.0 <1.1.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.75%. 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.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 3, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    If you enable Basic Authentication in Pekko Management using the Java DSL, the authenticator may not be properly applied. Users that rely on authentication instead of making sure the Management API ports are only available to trusted users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.1.1, which fixes this issue. Akka was affected by the same issue and has released the fix in version 1.6.1.

  2. Jun 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    If you enable Basic Authentication in Pekko Management using the Java DSL, the authenticator may not be properly applied. Users that rely on authentication instead of making sure the Management API ports are only available to trusted users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.1.1, which fixes this issue. Akka was affected by the same issue and has released the fix in version 1.6.1.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-46548

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-46548

    30-day exploitation probability 0.7%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16746

    If you enable Basic Authentication in Pekko Management using the Java DSL, the authenticator may not be properly applied. Users that rely on authentication instead of making sure the Management API ports are only available to trusted users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.

    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.