CVE-2025-34217: Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host and Application (VA/SaaS deployments) contain an u

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CRITICAL 9.8REMOTEMITIGATEMITIGATE

CVE-2025-34217 is a critical-severity flaw (CVSS 9.8) affecting virtual appliance application, virtual appliance host. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host and Application (VA/SaaS deployments) contain an undocumented 'printerlogic' user with a hardcoded SSH public key in '~/.ssh/authorized_keys' and a sudoers rule granting the printerlogic_ssh group 'NOPASSWD: ALL'. Possession of the matching private key gives an attacker root access to the appliance.

Why this priority

Critical severity
Public exploit reference
CISA SSVC: automatable with total technical impact
Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

A fixed release or distro patch exists.

Risk facts

CVSS score	9.8 (Critical)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	None
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	0.7% (top 45%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-321
Published	2025-09-30
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): VulnCheck · Vendor: vasion

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2025-09-30 14:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 09:13 UTCUpdated Record last modified

vasion virtual appliance application MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy virtual-appliance-application || rpm -q virtual-appliance-application || virtual-appliance-application --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

vasion virtual appliance host MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy virtual-appliance-host || rpm -q virtual-appliance-host || virtual-appliance-host --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

Exact fixes by distribution

A distro patch exists: prefer upgrading over downgrading.

Fedora 46 · wordpress · FIXED · 7.1.4-1.fc46 · FEDORA-2026-907394725e · source

sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=FEDORA-2026-907394725e

Fedora ELN · rhc · FIXED · 0.3.15-1.eln159 · FEDORA-2026-1cd9f35750 · source

sudo dnf upgrade --advisory=FEDORA-2026-1cd9f35750

Public exploits and detection

Public code exists for this CVE. Treat unpatched systems as at risk, and only run PoCs in a lab.

Write-up: pierrekim.github.io/blog/2025-04-08-vasion-printerlogic-83-vulnerabilities.html#va-undocum

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2025-34217?

virtual appliance application: mitigate or apply the listed mitigation; virtual appliance host: mitigate or apply the listed mitigation. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2025-34217 being exploited?

CVE-2025-34217 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2025-34217 affect?

CVE-2025-34217 affects virtual appliance application, virtual appliance host. Severity is critical (CVSS 9.8). Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host and Application (VA/SaaS deployments) contain an undocumented 'printerlogic' user with a hardcoded SSH public key in '~/.ssh/authorized_keys' and a sudoers rule granting the printe

How urgent is CVE-2025-34217?

Priority 61/100. Critical severity; Public exploit reference; CISA SSVC: automatable with total technical impact; Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

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