CVE-2025-70340
ThingsBoard Broken Access Control Vulnerability
Description
A Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in ThingsBoard Professional Edition (PE) 4.21 and below, within the Alarms comments functionality. An authenticated customer user can manipulate the respective API request parameters to create or modify system-generated alarm comments. This allows unauthorized impersonation of system messages and modification of trusted system-owned data, resulting in vertical privilege escalation and potential integrity violations.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 26, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 26, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-70340
vulnerability.
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No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update ThingsBoard PE to the latest version.
- Review and restrict API access to alarm comments.
- Implement stricter validation for API request parameters.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-70340.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard | |
| https://thingsboard.io/docs/releases/releases-table/v4-2-x/ |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-70340 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-70340
weaknesses.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in ThingsBoard Professional Edition (PE) 4.21 and below, within the Alarms comments functionality. An authenticated customer user can manipulate the respective API request parameters to create or modify system-generated alarm comments. This allows unauthorized impersonation of system messages and modification of trusted system-owned data, resulting in vertical privilege escalation and potential integrity violations. Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2025/70xxx/CVE-2025-70340.json">CVE-2025-70340</a> Added Reference https://github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard Added Reference https://thingsboard.io/docs/releases/releases-table/v4-2-x/