CVE-2025-62650
📋 TL;DR
The Restaurant Brands International assistant platform uses client-side authentication for diagnostic screens, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and access sensitive diagnostic functions. This affects RBI's restaurant platforms including Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes drive-thru systems.
💻 Affected Systems
- Restaurant Brands International assistant platform
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers gain full administrative control over drive-thru systems, potentially disrupting operations, stealing customer payment data, or deploying ransomware across restaurant networks.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to diagnostic screens allowing system manipulation, order tampering, or service disruption at affected restaurants.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper network segmentation and monitoring are in place, though authentication bypass remains possible.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation demonstrated publicly with detailed blog posts showing authentication bypass techniques.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: Unknown
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Monitor RBI communications for security updates and apply immediately when released.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Network Segmentation
allIsolate restaurant systems from public internet and implement strict network segmentation
Authentication Enforcement
allImplement server-side authentication checks for all diagnostic endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network access controls to limit diagnostic screen access to authorized personnel only
- Deploy web application firewall rules to block unauthorized access to diagnostic endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Attempt to access diagnostic screens without proper authentication. If accessible, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
Unknown - check RBI platform documentation or contact vendorVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that diagnostic screens require proper server-side authentication and cannot be accessed via client-side checks alone.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized access attempts to diagnostic endpoints
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful diagnostic access
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic patterns to diagnostic endpoints
- Access from unauthorized IP addresses to sensitive endpoints
SIEM Query:
source_ip NOT IN authorized_ips AND destination_port IN diagnostic_ports AND http_status=200🔗 References
- https://archive.today/fMYQp
- https://bobdahacker.com/blog/rbi-hacked-drive-thrus/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250906134240/https:/bobdahacker.com/blog/rbi-hacked-drive-thrus
- https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/popeyes-tim-hortons-burger-king-platforms-have-catastrophic-vulnerabilities-say-hackers
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/burger-king-hacked-attackers-impressed-124154038.html
