NIH BRICS (aka Biomedical Research Informatics Computing System) through 14.0.0-67…
Priority LOW 36CWE-335Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
NIH BRICS (aka Biomedical Research Informatics Computing System) through 14.0.0-67 generates predictable tokens (that depend on username, time, and the fixed 7Dl9#dj- string) and thus allows unauthenticated users with a Common Access Card (CAC) to escalate privileges and compromise any account, including administrators.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00723 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27580
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfh4-w8rr-x5c5
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/brics-dev/brics
- https://brics.cit.nih.gov
- https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/core/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/CoreConstants.java#L38
- https://github.com/brics-dev/brics/blob/26bc6bb627a9a60e6c6a8a8c29735ae98c2e2679/service/src/main/java/gov/nih/tbi/account/service/complex/AccountManagerImpl.java#L725-L732
- https://github.com/RoseHacks/Vulnerability.Research/blob/main/CVE-2025-27580/README.md
- https://bugculture.io/CVE-2025-27580/
More NIH vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-02056 Integer overflow in the _zip_cdir_new function in zip_dirent.c in libzip 0.11.2 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-11966 A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-16311 Use after free in Imaging Data Commons libdicom CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-11967 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in nph-viewgif.cgi in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-16310 Use after free in Imaging Data Commons libdicom CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-01068 Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-27580 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27580 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gfh4-w8rr-x5c5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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