What is CVE-2025-56801?

CVE-2025-56801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Reolink, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-56801?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Reolink

CVE-2025-56801

The Reolink Desktop Application 8.18.12 contains hardcoded credentials as the Initialization Vector (IV) in its AES-CFB encryption implementation allowing attackers with access to the application environment to reliably decrypt encrypted configuration data. NOTE: the Supplier's position is that material is not hardcoded and is instead randomly generated on each installation of the application.

EPSS: 0.001 (3.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Reolink — versions 8.18.12
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-56801?: CVE-2025-56801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Reolink, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2025-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-56801?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.