Cisco has removed a backdoor account from its Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), which would have allowed remote attackers to log in to unpatched devices with root privileges.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), formerly known as Cisco CallManager, serves as the central control system for Cisco's IP telephony systems, handling call routing, device management, and telephony features.
The vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2025-20309) was rated as maximum severity, and it is caused by static user credentials for the root account, which were intended for use during development and testing.
On fait souvent remarquer que c'est pendant les pannes qu'on peut le mieux observer comment un système marche. Les perturbations qui affectent le serveur racine du DNS identifié par la lettre C sont donc l'occasion d'apprendre comment fonctionne ce système des serveurs racine.
In 2020, we announced we were in the early phases of establishing the Chrome Root Program and launching the Chrome Root Store.
The Chrome Root Program ultimately determines which website certificates are trusted by default in Chrome, and enables more consistent and reliable website certificate validation across platforms.
This post shares an update on our progress and how these changes help us better protect Chrome’s users.