CVE•Published 2026-01-13•Modified 2026-07-05•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-66698Semantic-machines · Veda

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 61% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287Improper Authentication

Description

An issue in Semantic machines v5.4.8 allows attackers to bypass authentication via sending a crafted HTTP request to various API endpoints.

Timeline

Published 2026-01-13

Modified 2026-07-05

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-66698

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Semantic-machines Veda" version:"5.4.8"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Veda"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Veda" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-66698

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-66698

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

grep.app

CVE-2025-66698

Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.

GitHub code

CVE-2025-66698

GitHub code search for direct mentions.

Google dork

"CVE-2025-66698" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov

Write-ups and news, NVD excluded.

Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-66698 on GitHub.