CVE-2025-15099
HIGHsim < 0.5.27 - Improper Authentication via INTERNAL_API_SECRET Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability was identified in simstudioai sim up to 0.5.27. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file apps/sim/lib/auth/internal.ts of the component CRON Secret Handler. The manipulation of the argument INTERNAL_API_SECRET leads to improper authentication. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The identifier of the patch is e359dc2946b12ed5e45a0ec9c95ecf91bd18502a. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.338430
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature
permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.338430
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.710255
Exploit, Third Party Advisory related
https://gist.github.com/H2u8s/c533741e1b36f6245d41cace89a7f4d2
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/pull/2343
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://gist.github.com/H2u8s/c533741e1b36f6245d41cace89a7f4d2#-steps-to-reproduce
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0073
EPSS Percentile
49.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (1)
sim/sim
< 0.5.27
Published
Dec 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026