Improper input validation in pbkdf2
Priority HIGH 72CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 10 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00447 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial pbkdf2 (npm): 3.1.3Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 10 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | pbkdf2 | 3.0.10 – 3.1.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | pbkdf2 (npm) | 3.0.10 to before 3.1.3 | 3.1.3 | Patch available | GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6 |
- pbkdf2 Vendor— Affected 3.0.10 – 3.1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- pbkdf2 (npm) Vendor— Affected 3.0.10 to before 3.1.3 Fixed in 3.1.3 Patch available GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6 pbkdf2 (npm) Fixed in 3.1.3 Advisory →
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2026:3712 Released 2026-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.15.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-chains-controller-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel8 +2
- RHSA-2026:3710 Released 2026-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.15.3
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-chains-controller-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-console-plugin-rhel8, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel8 +2
- RHSA-2025:22905 Released 2025-12-09 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenShift Pipelines Release 1.19.4
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19 registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-api-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-db-migration-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-hub-ui-rhel9
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:14474 Released 2025-08-25 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHTAS 1.2.1- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.2 registry.redhat.io/rhtas/rekor-search-ui-rhel9
- RHSA-2025:14090 Released 2025-08-19 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Developer Hub 1.7.0 release.
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.7 registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-hub-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhdh/rhdh-rhel9-operator
- RHSA-2025:10738 Released 2025-07-09 · Red Hat rating ImportantKiali 2.4.7 for Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0
- Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0 registry.redhat.io/openshift-service-mesh/kiali-ossmc-rhel9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| streams for Apache Kafka 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14090 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:3710 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:22905 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:10738 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14474 |
Not affected: 11 products
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1.7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.15
- Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines 1.19
- Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0
- Red Hat Process Automation 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6545
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2025-6545 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6545 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h7cp-r72f-jxh6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-6545 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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