VDB
CVE-2025-6545
CVE-2025-6545
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.1 CRITICAL
Reported by harborist · Published June 23, 2025
pbkdf2 is fixed in 3.1.3 (npm)
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.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pbkdf2 | npm | 3.1.3 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.10 | Chainguard | 18.10.8-r8 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-18.1 | Chainguard | 18.1.6-r19 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.11 | Chainguard | 18.11.7-r1 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.0 | Chainguard | 19.0.4-r3 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-18.11 | Chainguard | 18.11.6-r7 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-19.0 | Chainguard | 19.0.4-r2 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1 | Chainguard | 18.1.6-r92 |
| Sterling B2B Integrator | IBM | 6.2.0.5_1, 6.1.2.7_2 |
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.1
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
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 3.0.10 | ||
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.10 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-18.1 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.11 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.0 | 0 |
| npm | pbkdf2 | 3.0.10 |
| npm | pbkdf2 | |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-18.11 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-19.0 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.1 | 0 |
| 3.0.10 | ||
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-19.1 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.9 | 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 23, 2025 CVE Published
- Jun 24, 2025 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
- Jun 27, 2025 CVE Updated
- Aug 22, 2025 Coalition ESS Score (9 in total, the first dated here)
- Mar 9, 2026 Security Advisory
- Mar 17, 2026 PoC Published (2 in total, the first dated here)
Query this with the API
The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2025-6545
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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
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References
- third-party-advisory
- x_introduced-by
- patch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6545 advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6 advisory
- https://github.com/browserify/pbkdf2 url