In mid-2025, security researchers uncovered a critical vulnerability in Hikvision's HikCentral Professional software—identified as CVE‑2025‑34067—that received a maximum severity score of CVSS 4.0 = 10.0. This rating represents the highest possible level of danger in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, indicating that the flaw is:
Didn't expect you to cover a software vuln. Nice job!