9.1

CVE-2025-9287: browserify cipher-base Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 9.1v4.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-9287USN-7746-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9287
Published 20-08-2025Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-9287 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in browserify cipher-base. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.53%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CGA-7V9H-2CCR-4QMFCGA-V6WW-XCXH-RJX3CGA-VWJ2-6MJR-G9QX

Timeline

  1. 20-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in cipher-base allows Input Data Manipulation.This issue affects cipher-base: through 1.0.4.

CVSS metrics

10 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.50% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Cipher Base

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard49 products
  • gitlab-rails-ce-18.1< 18.1.6-r17
  • gitlab-rails-ce-18.10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • gitlab-rails-ce-18.11< 18.11.6-r5
  • gitlab-rails-ce-18.5All versions (No fix recorded)
  • gitlab-rails-ce-18.6All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi14 products
  • opensearch-dashboards-3< 3.1.0-r4
  • opensearch-dashboards-3-alerting-dashboards-plugin< 3.1.0-r4
  • opensearch-dashboards-3-anomaly-detection-dashboards-plugin< 3.1.0-r4
  • opensearch-dashboards-3-config< 3.1.0-r4
  • opensearch-dashboards-3-dashboards-maps< 3.1.0-r4
Browserify1 product
Debian1 product
  • node-cipher-base< 1.0.6-1 | < 1.0.4-6+deb12u1 | < 1.0.4-6+deb13u1 | < 1.0.4-4+deb11u1
Npm1 product
  • cipher-base< 1.0.5
Opensuse1 product
  • python-bqplot&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 0.12.45-12.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-cipher-base< 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 1.0.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 1.0.4-6+deb13u1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | < 1.0.4-6+deb13u1ubuntu0.24.04.1

7 vendors · 68 products

References

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