An issue was discovered in Digital Persona U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader v24.
Priority LOW 29CWE-319Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Digital Persona U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader v24. The key and salt used for obfuscating the fingerprint image exhibit cleartext when the fingerprint scanner device transfers a fingerprint image to the driver. An attacker who sniffs an encrypted fingerprint image can easily decrypt that image using the key and salt.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01131 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:crossmatch:digital_persona_u.are.u_4500_firmware:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 24 | Vulnerable | Crossmatch |
| cpe:2.3:h:crossmatch:digital_persona_u.are.u_4500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Crossmatch |
- cpe:2.3:o:crossmatch:digital_persona_u.are.u_4500_firmware:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 24 Vulnerable ·Crossmatch
- cpe:2.3:h:crossmatch:digital_persona_u.are.u_4500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Crossmatch
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12813
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q63x-55rg-p2jm
References
Sources
- CVE-2019-12813 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-12813 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q63x-55rg-p2jm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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