CVE-2025-8452: Brother Printer Serial Number Disclosure
AHA! has discovered an issue with multi-function printer (MFP) firmware from Brother, and is issuing this disclosure in accordance with AHA!’s standard disclosure policy on Thursday, August 14, 2025. CVE-2025-8452 has been assigned to this issue.
The GCVE identifier for this issue is GCVE-1337-2025-00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001011111011111010111111001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Any questions about this disclosure should be directed to [email protected].
Executive Summary
Brother printer firmware advertises the serial number of the device over the network via the “uscan” protocol in its implementation of the eSCL specification. While serial numbers are rarely considered sensitive, in this case, the serial number can be used to derive the default administrator password of the device. Therefore, this is an instance of CWE-538: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory, and we estimate the CVSS 3.1 rating to be 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) .
