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CVE-2025-6547 (GCVE-0-2025-6547)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-23 19:00 – Updated: 2026-02-12 06:04
VLAI
Title
On Node.js < 3, pbkdf2 silently disregards Uint8Array input, returning static keys
Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in pbkdf2 allows Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation.This issue affects pbkdf2: <=3.1.2.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-23 19:24 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Affected: >= 1 <=3.1.2 (semver)
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