CVE-2025-6545

Publication date 23 June 2025

Last updated 19 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
node-pbkdf2 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.1.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.1.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.0.14-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
node-pbkdf2

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v4.0

Base score 9.1 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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