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Vulnerability details: VCID-6m5m-4t1s-s3da
Vulnerability ID VCID-6m5m-4t1s-s3da
Aliases CVE-2025-23166
Summary The C++ method SignTraits::DeriveBits() may incorrectly call ThrowException() based on user-supplied inputs when executing in a background thread, crashing the Node.js process. Such cryptographic operations are commonly applied to untrusted inputs. Thus, this mechanism potentially allows an adversary to remotely crash a Node.js runtime.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-248 Uncaught Exception
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-23166.json
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-23166.json
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00057 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00062 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00062 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
epss 0.00088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 7.5 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases
ssvc Track https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2871
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2872
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2873
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-23166.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-23166
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-23166
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1105832 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1105832
2367163 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367163
ASA-202505-6 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202505-6
ASA-202505-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202505-7
ASA-202505-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202505-8
AVG-2871 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2871
AVG-2872 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2872
AVG-2873 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2873
CVE-2025-23166 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23166
may-2025-security-releases https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases
RHSA-2025:8467 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8467
RHSA-2025:8468 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8468
RHSA-2025:8493 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8493
RHSA-2025:8506 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8506
RHSA-2025:8514 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8514
RHSA-2025:8902 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8902
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-23166.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2025-23166.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-19T14:11:17Z/ Found at https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.12873
EPSS Score 0.00043
Published At May 19, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-05-15T10:52:46.659953+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 36.0.0