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CVE-2025-57819 Sangoma CVE debrief

CVE-2025-57819 is a Sangoma FreePBX authentication bypass vulnerability that CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-08-29. Because it is in KEV, defenders should treat it as an active-exploitation risk and move quickly to vendor-directed mitigation, patching, or removal if mitigation is not possible.

Vendor
Sangoma
Product
FreePBX
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2025-08-29
Original CVE updated
2025-08-29
Advisory published
2025-08-29
Advisory updated
2025-08-29

Who should care

Organizations running Sangoma FreePBX, especially telecom/VoIP administrators, managed service providers, and security teams responsible for internet-facing or business-critical communications systems.

Technical summary

The public record identifies an authentication bypass affecting Sangoma FreePBX. CISA’s KEV entry indicates the issue is known to be exploited in the wild and directs affected users to apply vendor mitigations, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. The source corpus does not provide additional technical details about affected versions, attack path, or post-bypass impact.

Defensive priority

High priority / urgent remediation. KEV-listed issues are time-sensitive, and CISA’s due date for this entry is 2025-09-19.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory all Sangoma FreePBX deployments, including cloud-hosted and externally exposed systems.
  • Review the official FreePBX security advisory and apply vendor-provided mitigations or updates as soon as possible.
  • If FreePBX is provided through a cloud service, follow applicable CISA BOD 22-01 guidance.
  • If mitigations are unavailable or cannot be applied promptly, discontinue use of the product until risk is reduced.
  • Monitor authentication, administrative, and access logs for suspicious activity and investigate any unexpected access.
  • Confirm incident-response contacts and backups are current before making changes to production communications systems.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied CISA KEV source item and the official record links provided in the corpus. The source item names the issue as a Sangoma FreePBX authentication bypass vulnerability, marks it as KEV-listed, and provides the vendor-directed remediation language. No additional exploit mechanics, affected versions, or severity score were included in the supplied corpus.

Official resources

Publicly disclosed on 2025-08-29 and added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog the same day. The CISA KEV due date in the supplied corpus is 2025-09-19.