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CVE-2026-25600 Trac d.o.o. CVE debrief

A medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in the PDBM application involves a hard-coded cryptographic secret embedded in the PDBM.exe executable. This static secret is used by the application's encryption routines to decrypt credentials stored in the product's configuration file. Because the secret is identical across all installations, any attacker with sufficient local privileges can extract it from the binary. Once extracted, the secret enables decryption of the stored password, allowing authentication as the user defined in the configuration file. In affected versions, this user account possesses administrative privileges, granting full access to PDBM's management interface and underlying operational functions. The vulnerability was published on June 1, 2026, and is classified under CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials). The vendor remains unidentified and requires review.

Vendor
Trac d.o.o.
Product
PDBM
CVSS
MEDIUM 6.4
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-01
Original CVE updated
2026-06-01
Advisory published
2026-06-01
Advisory updated
2026-06-01

Who should care

Organizations deploying PDBM in multi-user or shared-hosting environments where local access cannot be fully restricted; security teams responsible for credential protection and privileged access management; incident responders investigating potential unauthorized administrative access to PDBM management interfaces.

Technical summary

The PDBM application embeds a static cryptographic secret directly in its executable (PDBM.exe). This secret serves as the key material for encryption routines that decrypt credentials stored in the application's configuration file. The secret's constancy across installations means any party with local file read access to the binary can extract it through static analysis or memory inspection. With the secret recovered, the attacker can decrypt the configuration file's stored password and authenticate as the configured user. In vulnerable versions, this account holds administrative privileges over PDBM's management interface, yielding complete control over the application's operational functions. The attack requires local access, high complexity, and high privileges per the CVSS vector, suggesting the threat model involves authenticated local users or attackers who have already achieved limited local compromise.

Defensive priority

medium

Recommended defensive actions

  • Restrict local access to the PDBM.exe binary and configuration files to authorized administrators only, implementing least-privilege access controls on the host system.
  • Audit and monitor for unauthorized file access attempts targeting PDBM.exe and associated configuration files, particularly by non-administrative users.
  • Contact the software vendor or maintainer to request confirmation of vulnerability status and availability of a patched version that eliminates the hard-coded secret in favor of installation-unique or externally managed.
  • If vendor patch is unavailable, consider application-level compensating controls such as additional authentication layers for the management interface independent of the stored credentials.
  • Review and rotate any credentials that may have been protected by the hard-coded secret, assuming compromise if the binary has been accessible to untrusted users.

Evidence notes

The CVE description explicitly states the hard-coded secret is embedded in PDBM.exe and used for decrypting configuration file credentials. The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) confirms local attack vector with high attack complexity and high privileges required, consistent with local binary extraction. CWE-798 classification is provided in source metadata. The administrative privilege escalation is described as inherent to the affected version's default configuration.

Official resources

2026-06-01