What is CVE-2025-31649?

CVE-2025-31649 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Bcm5820x, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2025-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-31649?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Broadcom Bcm5820x

CVE-2025-31649

A hard-coded password vulnerability exists in the ControlVault WBDI Driver functionality of Dell ControlVault3 prior to 5.15.14.19 and Dell ControlVault3 Plus prior to 6.2.36.47. A specially crafted ControlVault API call can lead to execut…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Broadcom Bcm5820x — versions NA
Dell Controlvault3 — versions 0
Dell Controlvault3 Plus — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000326061/dsa-2025-228
talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2173

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-31649?: CVE-2025-31649 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Bcm5820x, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2025-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-31649?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.