High

CVE-2025-66620 — Columbia Weather Systems MicroServer Command Shell in Externally Accessible Directory

An unused webshell in MicroServer allows unlimited login attempts, with sudo rights on certain files and directories. An attacker with admin access to MicroServer can gain limited shell access, enabling persistence through reverse shells, and the ability to modify or remove data stored in the file system.

Published Jan 7, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: icscert

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.5% (30-day exploitation probability)+6
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.46%

ahead of 39% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Columbia Weather Systems

MicroServer and 1 more

CVSS base

7.2

High · 3 source(s)

Prioritization reference: 8.0 provisional

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Columbia Weather Systems MicroServer, Columbiaweather Weather Microserver Firmware).
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Columbia Weather Systems	MicroServer	< MS_4.1_14142	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Columbiaweather	Weather Microserver Firmware	< MS_4.1_14142	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

High

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
8.6	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.6	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
8.0	CVSS 3.1	High	2.1	5.9	ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.0	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	icscert via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
7.2	CVSS 3.1	High	1.2	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Scoring entities (NIST, CNA, ADP) score independently; each score is shown with its origin. For prioritization we use 8.0 (ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database) as a conservative provisional reference — not a definitive official score.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-553

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.46%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · columbia weather systems/microserver
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 7.2
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Jan 7, 2026 · icscert

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

2 on the record

www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-006-01
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-006-01.jso
Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Columbia Weather Systems
every CVE for this vendor

CWE-553
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2025-61939 Columbia Weather Systems MicroServer Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints Jan 7, 2026
Medium CVE-2025-64305 Columbia Weather Systems MicroServer Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk Jan 7, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-66620 is "Columbia Weather Systems MicroServer Command Shell in Externally Accessible Directory", rated High. It affects MicroServer (Columbia Weather Systems); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.2 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.46% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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