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Mage AI - Insecure Default Authentication Setup

ID: CVE-2025-2129

Severity: medium

Author: zn9988,H0j3n

Tags: cve,cve2025,mage

A vulnerability was found in Mage AI 0.9.75. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to insecure default initialization of resource. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. After 7 months of repeated follow-ups by the researcher, Mage AI has decided to not accept this issue as a valid security vulnerability and has confirmed that they will not be addressing it.

id: CVE-2025-2129
info:
name: Mage AI - Insecure Default Authentication Setup
author: zn9988,H0j3n
severity: medium
description: |
A vulnerability was found in Mage AI 0.9.75. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to insecure default initialization of resource. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. After 7 months of repeated follow-ups by the researcher, Mage AI has decided to not accept this issue as a valid security vulnerability and has confirmed that they will not be addressing it.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2129
- https://github.com/zn9988/publications/blob/main/2.Mage-AI%20-%20Insecure%20Default%20Authentication%20Setup%20Leading%20to%20Zero-Click%20RCE/README.md
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.299049
- https://vuldb.com/?id.299049
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.510690
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss-score: 5.6
cve-id: CVE-2025-2129
cwe-id: CWE-1188
epss-score: 0.0006
epss-percentile: 0.15204
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
shodan-query: html:"<title>Mage</title>"
tags: cve,cve2025,mage
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/api/kernels"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '"kernels": ['
- '"metadata": {'
condition: and
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502206cef1538d1220b86dc0b8ed7b6b257d4ea85decb7906d08a72dfce465209a2f9022100ea1972306e114c27ac77df2621535db40c2e3a9f6d914e668c23221320597b28:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

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$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-2129.yaml"

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