Santesoft Sante PACS Server Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
During login to the web server in "Sante PACS Server.exe", OpenSSL function EVP_DecryptUpdate is called to decrypt the username and password. A fixed 0x80-byte stack-based buffer is passed to the function as the output buffer. A stack-based buffer overflow exists if a long encrypted username or password is supplied by an unauthenticated remote attacker.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Sante PACS Server (Santesoft) Fixed in 4.2.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2263
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-37r4-ppph-4wwq
References
More Sante Pacs Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-01989 Santesoft Sante PACS Server Path Traversal Information Disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-28288 SQL injection in Sante PACS Server PG CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-02097 SQL injection in Sante PACS Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-33813 Santesoft Sante PACS Server Double Free CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-01735 SQL injection in Sante PACS Server CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-33999 Santesoft Sante PACS Server Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-2263 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-2263 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-37r4-ppph-4wwq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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