CVE-2025-6545
Aliases:GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Deferred
Published: 23 Jun 2025, 18:41
Last modified:23 Jun 2025, 19:26
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100 CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
v4.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.36% LOW
0% probability +0.26%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
23 Jun 2025, 18:41
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
23 Jun 2025, 19:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in pbkdf2 allows Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/to-buffer.Js. This issue affects pbkdf2: from 3.0.10 through 3.1.2.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.36%• Percentile: 28%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-20•Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Affected Systems
- Npm•pbkdf2
≥ 3.0.10, < 3.1.3
References (5)
- https://github.com/browserify/pbkdf2/security/advisories/GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6
- https://github.com/browserify/pbkdf2/commit/9699045c37a07f8319cfb8d44e2ff4252d7a7078
- https://github.com/browserify/pbkdf2/commit/e3102a8cd4830a3ac85cd0dd011cc002fdde33bb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6545
- https://github.com/browserify/pbkdf2